They Were Champions
{{Short description|Australian Radio Drama Series}}
They Were Champions is a 1952 Australian radio drama series about sports champions. A different champion was profiled in every new episode. Episodes ran for fifteen minutes and were directed by Don Haring and scripted by Haring and Ross Napier. Grace Gibson Productions made it.{{Citation
| title=Radio Roundabout
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=14 |issue=10 |date=8 March 1952
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1662241792
| access-date=18 December 2023
| via=Trove
}}
Select episodes
| title=Radio Roundabout
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=14 |issue=35 |date=30 August 1952
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1383260678
| access-date=18 December 2023
| via=Trove
}}
| title=Radio Roundabout
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=15 |issue=4 |date=24 January 1953
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1685477454
| access-date=18 December 2023
| via=Trove
}}
- Man o' War
- John Cobb
- boxer Peter Jackson played by Reg Goldsworthy{{Citation
| title=Radio Roundabout
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=14 |issue=30 |date=26 July 1952
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1379669973
| access-date=18 December 2023
| via=Trove
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- Paul McNaughton as boxer Joe Louis{{Citation
| title=Radio Roundabout
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=15 |issue=3 |date=17 January 1953
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1685390463
| access-date=18 December 2023
| via=Trove
}}
| title=Radio Roundabout
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=14 |issue=31 |date=2 August 1952
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1379784506
| access-date=18 December 2023
| via=Trove
}}
- Rod Taylor as boxer Bob Fitzsimmons.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50621055 |title=TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES IN DETAIL |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 September 1954 |accessdate=18 December 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} It was narrated by Grant Taylor.
- Sir Malcolm Campbell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245568961 |title=Weekend radio Worth hearing |newspaper=The Herald |issue=24,038 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=12 June 1954 |accessdate=18 December 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/444040 They Were Champions] at NFSA
Category:1952 Australian radio dramas