D. J. Cameron

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

Born in Dunedin, Cameron was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Dunedin (1946), St Peter's College, Auckland (1946–47), St Patrick's School, Timaru and St. Kevin's College, Oamaru (1948–49).[1]

Career

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

Cameron died in Auckland on 7 September 2016.[4]

Bibliography
  • 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
  1. "Cameron, Donald John, New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001, p. 198.
  2. Geoff Longley, "D J Cameron offers his opinion" The Press, 14 Nov 1998; sup.p.2.
  3. D J Cameron, Someone had to Do it, Harper Sports, Auckland, 1998.
  4. Burnes, Campbell (8 September 2016). "Tributes flow for great sports journalist DJ Cameron". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. "All Blacks: Retreat from Glory". Hodder and Stoughton. 1 January 1980 – via Google Books.
  7. Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). "Barbed wire Boks". Rugby Press – via Google Books.
  8. Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). "Rugby Triumphant: The All Blacks in Australia and Wales". Hodder and Stoughton – via Google Books.
  9. Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1983). "On the Lions' Trail". Rugby Press – via Google Books.
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