Paul Dempsey (presenter)

Paul Andrew Francis Dempsey is an internationally acclaimed TV and radio sports presenter and commentator now chiefly employed by BT Sport where he covers football and boxing. Afteryears working for Sky Sports andwith the Dublinbased channels of Setanta Sports, onMay 2013 the Daily Mail reported that Dempsey had been signed by BT Sport prior to their UK launch.

Dempsey was born in Marylebone, London and lived in Leicester, England between 1966 and 1978. He attended St Josephs School and then City of Leicester Boys School. It had a notable record of success in football, with England strikers Gary Lineker and Emile Heskey among its products. He then went up to St. Johns College, Cambridge, where he read English Literature between 1979 and 1982. He won two Blues and captained Cambridge in the annual soccer Varsity match against Oxford. He was one of the first ever recruits to UCDs Sports Scholarship system. He then played football for University College Dublin A.F.C. as a defender during the 198283 League of Ireland season. He won the Collingwood Cup during his time at Belfield Park.

Source: Wikipedia