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Jim Rosenthal was born on 6 November, 1947 in Oxford, England, is an English sports presenter and commentator. Discover Jim Rosenthal's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Jim Rosenthal
Occupation Radio/Television presenter
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 6 November 1947
Birthday 6 November
Birthplace Oxford, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1947

Jim Rosenthal (born 6 November 1947) is an English sports presenter and commentator.

In a long broadcasting career, Rosenthal has presented coverage of many sports including football, rugby, automotive racing, boxing and athletics.

He has covered eight FIFA World Cups, three Rugby World Cups, two Olympic Games and 150 Formula One races.

Rosenthal grew up in Oxford, the son of Maud Ruth ( Levy) and Albrecht Gabriel "Albi" Rosenthal, a music scholar and antiquarian book seller who was from an academic family.

His father was born in Munich, Germany.

His paternal great-grandfather, Leo Olschki, founded the Leo S. Olschki Editore publishing house, and his maternal grandfather was German Jewish physician and writer Oscar Levy.

Rosenthal attended Josca's Preparatory School before going to Magdalen College School.

He then joined the staff of the Oxford Mail and went on to work for BBC local and national radio.

1970

Rosenthal worked for Snooker Scene magazine in the early 1970s where his editor was Clive Everton, and Rosenthal, a keen amateur hockey player, edited the short-lived Hockey Scene magazine, also owned by Everton.

Rosenthal worked for BBC Radio WM before moving to BBC Radio 2.

1976

He worked for the BBC Radio Sports Unit between 1976 and 1980.

1980

His television career began when he joined ITV in 1980.

In the 1980s, Rosenthal commentated on boxing matches for ITV when first-choice commentator Reg Gutteridge was otherwise engaged or unable to travel.

1982

He was part of the ITV team covering the FIFA World Cup since 1982.

1990

In the 1990s, Rosenthal was a presenter of ITV's The Big Fight Live, which reached huge nationwide audiences for boxing contests involving the likes of Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Naseem Hamed, then the likes of Amir Khan and Joe Calzaghe when it returned in 2005.

1997

He was the presenter of Formula One (F1) motor racing on ITV for eight years and presented 152 Formula One races from 1997.

He agreed terms with ITV to present its coverage of the sport in early 1997.

2003

Rosenthal covered three Rugby World Cup campaigns for ITV, including anchoring coverage of England's victory in the 2003 final.

He was the main anchor of ITV's BAFTA winning coverage of the 2003 Rugby World Cup, which took him to Australia for the final.

Rosenthal has always been a supporter of his childhood home team of Oxford United.

2005

In October 2005, it was announced that Steve Rider had been re-recruited by ITV from BBC Sport, to assume Rosenthal's former role for the 2006 Formula One season.

Rosenthal presented ITV's Champions League football coverage, as well as their boxing output.

2008

He presented ITV4's Champions League Live show and the channel's live match coverage, until he was dropped in 2008 from his exclusive contract with ITV after 28 years with the channel as the network sought new presenters.

ITV's head of news and sport, Mark Sharman, said at the time:

Jim Rosenthal has made a magnificent contribution to ITV Sport over a long period of time but we will no longer tie him to an exclusive contract.

He will be free to explore other challenges while ITV Sport will have the opportunity to make on-air changes.

Internationally, Rosenthal regularly hosted the UEFA Gala Dinner in Monaco, a football spectacular that is broadcast across the world.

He has presented the live FA Cup draws for ITV, and editions of BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek show.

2010

In 2010, Rosenthal took on announcing duties on game show The Whole 19 Yards and reported for ITV Sport during the opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa.

In September of that year, he joined Channel 5 to front their Europa League football coverage.

Rosenthal said: "I've covered many different sports throughout my career, but football has always been my first love. It's tremendous to be back covering the game at the highest level."

His first appearance was on 16 September 2010 covering the game between Liverpool and Steaua Bucharest from Anfield.

2011

In 2011, Rosenthal became the lead presenter on the boxing channel BoxNation.

2014

Since 2014, Rosenthal has provided commentary for Channel 4's coverage of Crufts.

2019

In November 2019, Rosenthal became the new "Voice of JACK", replacing and following the death of actor Paul Darrow as the new on-air voice of Oxfordshire's local JACK branded radio stations and their national radio station Union JACK.

He is the lead presenter of matchday coverage on Manchester United's in-house channel MUTV and is one of the presenters of Amazon Prime's Premier League coverage.

On 10 May 2021, Rosenthal began broadcasting on the JACK Group’s new breakfast show "JACK's Wake Up Call" together with Trevor Marshall from JACKFM Oxford.

The show is broadcast from the Oxford studios where Trevor Marshall was previously presenter of the "JACK's Morning Glory" breakfast show.

Rosenthal has appeared in Renford Rejects and Footballers' Wives.

He has twice been named as the Royal Television Society's Sports Presenter of the Year.