Charles Richard Donnelly (11 September 1941 – 21 July 2016) was a Scottish

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, broadcaster, and journalist.

Early and personal life

Donnelly was born in Lochee,

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

and attended Harris Academy in the city. He was married with one son, one daughter, and three grandchildren.

Career

After working as an apprentice at DC Thomson, Donnelly began his footballer, playing as a

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for

Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Panmure Football Club are a Scottish Junior football club from the town of Carnoustie, Angus. They currently compete in the . History Formed in 1936, they are nicknamed ''the Gowfers'' due to the town's well-established links to the ...

, East Fife,

Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...

and

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. The ...

. He made 79 appearances for East Fife in the

Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...

, and 107 appearances in all competitions. Donnelly began writing Sunday match reports for '' The Courier'' in the late 1960s, before becoming a full-time journalist with ''

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'' and the ''

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''. He also broadcast on the radio with

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and

Radio Clyde Radio Clyde is a group of two Independent Local Radio stations serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. Radio Clyde is owned and operated by Bauer, based at studios in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire and forms part of Bauer's Hits Radio and Gr ...

References

1941 births 2016 deaths Scottish men's footballers Carnoustie Panmure F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Brechin City F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Scottish Football League players Men's association football goalkeepers Scottish journalists Scottish broadcasters Footballers from Dundee People educated at Harris Academy Journalists from Dundee People from Lochee {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub