Henry Winter
Henry Winter | |
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| Born | 18 February 1963 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Sports Journalist |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Employer | World Soccer |
| Awards | Football Journalist, Specialist Correspondent of the Year, British Sports Journalism Awards |
Henry Winter (born 18 February 1963) is an English sports journalist. He currently writes for World Soccer, having previously been the Chief Football Writer for The Times and a Football Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph.[1]
Education
[edit]Winter was educated at Westminster School, before graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1986.
Career
[edit]Winter spent a year producing a magazine on sport in London after graduation before joining The Independent at its launch in 1986, writing a sports and schools column.
He moved to The Daily Telegraph in 1994, and produced a daily webcast on the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, giving specific information on the England team.[2] He joined The Times in 2015 to become Chief Football Writer.[3]
Over the course of his career, Winter wrote FA Confidential with former FA chief executive David Davies,[4] and ghost-wrote the autobiographies of Liverpool F.C. players Kenny Dalglish, John Barnes and Steven Gerrard.[5] He wrote Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football in 2017.[6]
He also makes regular appearances as a pundit on Sky Sports' Sunday Supplement and BBC Radio 5 Live.
Winter revealed on 10 April 2024 that he would be leaving The Times after being made redundant.[7] On 11 June 2024 it was announced that Winter would become a columnist for World Soccer. [8]
Awards
[edit]Winter was named Specialist Correspondent of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards in 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2013, and Football Writer of the Year in 2016.[9] In 2010, he was named among the top 10 most influential sportswriters in Britain by the trade publication, Press Gazette.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]Winter's older brother is Islamic scholar Timothy Winter.[12] He is a trustee of the African social enterprise Alive & Kicking, which manufactures footballs in Kenya and Zambia.
References
[edit]- ^ "Henry Winter | The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Paul Bestall (5 October 2009). "EPL Talk Meets Henry Winter". EPLTalk.com. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ "Henry Winter". www.news.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "FA confidential :sex, drugs and penalties : the inside story of English football /David Davies ; [with Henry Winter]. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Eriksson hammered by British media". CNN. 3 July 2006.
- ^ Winter, Henry (June 2017). "Fifty Years of Hurt". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (10 April 2024). "Henry Winter made redundant from The Times as Mail sports journalists await restructure". Press Gazette. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Evans, Jamie (11 June 2024). "Henry Winter joins World Soccer". World Soccer. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Past winners of the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards – Sports Journalists' Association". Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Henry Winter heads Press Gazette top 50 sport reporters list". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ In 2012 Samuel was named top in a UK Press Gazette poll of Britain's best sports journalists.
- ^ Interview with elder brother Tim Winter in The Independent
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