Jean-Paul Sarault

{{Short description|Canadian sportswriter and baseball announcer (1930–2010)}}

Jean-Paul Sarault (1930–2010){{cite web |title=Obituary of Jean-Paul Sarault - YourFolks.com |url=https://www.mesaieux.com/Obituary/Jean-Paul-SARAULT/801788 |website=Your Folks.com |access-date=20 October 2024}} was a Canadian sportswriter who was the first French-language radio play-by-play announcer for the Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball.

Sarault began his writing career in 1947 at La Patrie. After a four-year stint with The Canadian Press, Sarault joined Montréal-Matin. He then served as the sports editor of Dernière Heure until 1968, when he returned to Montréal-Matin to cover the city's new Major League Baseball team, the Montreal Expos. In 1969, he was chosen to become the Expos' first French-language radio play-by-play announcer.{{cite news |title=Sarault passe au micro mais conserve la plume |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmQPAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=Le Devoir |date=April 1, 1969}} He was replaced by Jacques Doucet in 1972, but continued to write for Montréal-Matin until the paper folded in 1978. He then wrote for Le Soleil and RDS.ca.{{cite news |last1=Sarault |first1=Jean-Paul |title=Il fallait "Frédéric" pour arrêter les Expos |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2726077 |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=Le Soleil |date=September 15, 1979}}{{cite web |title=Décès du journaliste Jean-Paul Sarault |url=https://www.rds.ca/1.375799 |website=RDS |access-date=20 October 2024}} In 1979, he was elected president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Sarault died in Montreal on October 10, 2010, from cancer.{{cite news |title=Le journaliste Jean-Paul Sarault est décédé |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/201010/12/01-4331612-le-journaliste-jean-paul-sarault-est-decede.php |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=La Presse |date=October 12, 2010}}