Reg Gutteridge was an amateur flyweight boxer when he was conscripted as a foot soldier with the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1942.
10 Facts About Reg Gutteridge
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Reg Gutteridge became better known the voice of ITV's boxing coverage, a job he performed for from 1962 until 1998.
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Reg Gutteridge commentated for Talk Sport radio during the 1990s.
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Reg Gutteridge covered six Olympiads and commentated on sports as diverse as greyhound racing and tug o' war while working on the Saturday show World of Sport.
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Reg Gutteridge was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1994 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at Thames Television's Teddington Studios,.
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Reg Gutteridge was married to childhood sweetheart Connie for nearly 60 years; they had two daughters and four grandsons.
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Reg Gutteridge was a first cousin of Jackie Pallo, the UK wrestler.
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Reg Gutteridge became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1995.
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Reg Gutteridge was an inductee of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Reg Gutteridge died following a stroke on 24 January 2009, aged 84.