Donald John Cameron (20 February 1933 – 7 September 2016) was a New Zealand journalist and sportswriter.[1] He was one of the leading New Zealand sportswriters of the 20th century.[2][3]
Early life edit
Born in Dunedin, Cameron was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Dunedin (1946), St Peter's College, Auckland (1946–47), St Patrick's High School, Timaru and St. Kevin's College, Oamaru (1948–49).[1]
Career edit
He was sports reporter on the New Zealand Herald (1950-1998). He wrote several books on sport [1] "'D J Cameron' was the familiar by-line on sports stories that appeared in the New Zealand Herald over the period over 40 years that he was employed on that newspaper.[2]
Death edit
Bibliography edit
- Caribbean Crusade: The New Zealand Cricketers in the West Indies 1972 (1972)[5]
- Memorable Moments in New Zealand Sport (1979; editor)
- All Blacks: Retreat From Glory (1980)[6]
- Barbed Wire Boks (1981)[7]
- Rugby Triumphant: The All Blacks in Australia and Wales (1981)[8]
- Test Series '82: The Australian Cricket Tour of New Zealand (1982; with Dick Brittenden)
- On the Lions' Trail (1983)[9]
- Someone Had to Do It: A Sports Journalist Remembers (1998)
- The New Zealand Herald Matches of the Century: 100 years of great New Zealand rugby (1999)
References edit
- ^ a b c "Cameron, Donald John, New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001, p. 198.
- ^ a b Geoff Longley, "D J Cameron offers his opinion" The Press, 14 Nov 1998; sup.p.2.
- ^ D J Cameron, Someone had to Do it, Harper Sports, Auckland, 1998.
- ^ Burnes, Campbell (8 September 2016). "Tributes flow for great sports journalist DJ Cameron". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Cameron, Don (Donald John). "Caribbean crusade; the New Zealand cricketers in the West Indies 1972, by D. J. Cameron". Hodder and Stoughton – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ All Blacks: Retreat from Glory. Hodder and Stoughton. 1 January 1980. ISBN 978-0-340-25686-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). Barbed wire Boks. Rugby Press. ISBN 978-0-908630-05-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). Rugby Triumphant: The All Blacks in Australia and Wales. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-26950-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1983). On the Lions' Trail. Rugby Press. ISBN 978-0-908630-12-7 – via Google Books.
External links edit
- National Library catalogue search for D J Cameron (Retrieved 24 January 2013).