- John Walker Motson, OBE (10 July 1945 – 23 February 2023) was an English football commentator.
- Just as David Attenborough is the voice of the natural world, few could deny that John ‘Motty’ Motson is the voice of British football. He is an institution.
- The death of John Motson is the death of the last ‘voice of a sport’. Football commentator John Motson who has died at the age of 77 (Adam Davy/PA).
- John Motson was a British football commentator. In 2019, John was inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame.
- Fellow commentator, Clive Tyldesley, who worked alongside Motson at BBC Sport in the 1990s, wrote: “As a teenager, I just wanted to be John Motson.
- A legend in the realm of football commentary is John Motson. With a career spanning more than five decades, he is considered as one of the best football...
- John Motson Dies: John Motson, a legendary commentator with the BBC for 50 years, passed away at the age of 77.
- "It is with great sadness we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep today," said a statement from Motson's family on Thursday.
- 'It is with great sadness we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep today,' said a short statement from his family on Thursday morning.