Donald John Cameron (20 February 1933 – 7 September 2016) was a New Zealand journalist and sportswriter."Cameron, Donald John, New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001, p. 198. He was one of the leading New Zealand sportswriters of the 20th century.Geoff Longley, "D J Cameron offers his opinion" ''The Press'', 14 Nov 1998; sup.p.2.

Early life

Born in

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, Cameron was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Dunedin (1946),

St Peter's College, Auckland St Peter's College ( mi, Te Kura Teitei o Hāto Petera) is a Catholic church, Catholic secondary school single-sex education, for boys in the Edmund Ignatius Rice, Edmund Rice tradition, and dedicated to St Peter. it is located in the Auckland CBD ...

(1946–47), St Patrick's High School, Timaru and

St. Kevin's College, Oamaru ('To Do and To Teach') , established = 6 February 1927; years ago , type = Integrated co-educational secondary , affiliations = Roman Catholic, Christian Brothers, Dominican Sisters , founder ...

(1948–49).

Career

He was sports reporter on the ''

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'' (1950-1998). He wrote several books on sport "'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.

Death

Cameron died in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

on 7 September 2016.

Bibliography

* ''Caribbean Crusade: The New Zealand Cricketers in the West Indies 1972'' (1972) * ''Memorable Moments in New Zealand Sport'' (1979; editor) * ''All Blacks: Retreat From Glory'' (1980) * ''Barbed Wire Boks'' (1981) * ''Rugby Triumphant: The All Blacks in Australia and Wales'' (1981) * ''Test Series '82: The Australian Cricket Tour of New Zealand'' (1982; with

Dick Brittenden Richard Trevor Brittenden (22 August 1919 – 10 June 2002) was from the 1950s to the 1980s New Zealand's most prominent cricket writer. Early life, family and career Brittenden was born at Rakaia on 22 August 1919, and was educated at Christc ...

) * ''On the Lions' Trail'' (1983) * ''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

External links

National Library catalogue search for D J Cameron
(Retrieved 24 January 2013). {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Donald 1933 births 2016 deaths New Zealand journalists People educated at Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin People educated at St Peter's College, Auckland People educated at St Kevin's College, Oamaru Writers from Auckland Writers from Dunedin New Zealand sportswriters Cricket writers People educated at Roncalli College New Zealand sports historians