Douglas Donnelly was born on 7 June 1953 and is a Scottish television personality best known for presenting sports coverage.
11 Facts About Dougie Donnelly
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Dougie Donnelly was born in Glasgow, where he began his career with Radio Clyde in the 1970s, presenting the top-rated Mid Morning Show from 1979 until 1992.
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Dougie Donnelly was twice voted Scottish Radio Personality of the Year.
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Dougie Donnelly joined BBC Scotland's Sports Department in 1978, presenting programmes such as Sportscene Live, Grandstand from Scotland, Afternoon Sportscene, the network's rugby union coverage, and football World Cups in 1990 and 1998.
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Dougie Donnelly presented two series of a TV chat show, Friday Night with Dougie Donnelly directed by Martin Cairns, and was TV Personality of the Year in Scotland in 1982.
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Dougie Donnelly was known outside Scotland by his involvement in the BBC's networked output of golf, darts, snooker and bowls.
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Dougie Donnelly was the first Scot to present the Grandstand programme on the network, which he did on a regular basis between 1992 and 2002.
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Dougie Donnelly covered four Commonwealth Games, four Summer Olympic Games and three Winter Olympic Games, where, in the 2002 event at Salt Lake City, he commentated on the British women curlers' Gold victory.
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Dougie Donnelly has hosted quiz shows on radio and TV and has appeared on The Weakest Link, Ready Steady Cook, Banzai and The Games.
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In February 2016, it was announced that Dougie Donnelly would become a columnist for bunkered golf magazine, writing a column in every edition.
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Dougie Donnelly was raised in Rutherglen, educated at the former Hamilton Academy and is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde Law School.