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[edit]

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cameron, Donald John, New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001, p. 198.
^ ^a ^b Geoff Longley, "D J Cameron offers his opinion" The Press, 14 Nov 1998; sup.p.2.
^ D J Cameron, Someone had to Do it, Harper Sports, Auckland, 1998.
^ Burnes, Campbell (8 September 2016). "Tributes flow for great sports journalist DJ Cameron". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
^ 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.
^ All Blacks: Retreat from Glory. Hodder and Stoughton. 1 January 1980. ISBN 978-0-340-25686-2 – via Google Books.
^ Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). Barbed wire Boks. Rugby Press. ISBN 978-0-908630-05-9 – via Google Books.
^ Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). Rugby Triumphant: The All Blacks in Australia and Wales. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-26950-3 – via Google Books.
^ Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1983). On the Lions' Trail. Rugby Press. ISBN 978-0-908630-12-7 – via Google Books.

External links[edit]

National Library catalogue search for D J Cameron (Retrieved 24 January 2013).

[Who-1] "Cameron, Donald John, New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001, p. 198.

[Press-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. ISBN 978-0-340-25686-2 – via Google Books.

[7] Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). Barbed wire Boks. Rugby Press. ISBN 978-0-908630-05-9 – via Google Books.

[8] Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1981). Rugby Triumphant: The All Blacks in Australia and Wales. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-26950-3 – via Google Books.

[9] Cameron, Donald John (1 January 1983). On the Lions' Trail. Rugby Press. ISBN 978-0-908630-12-7 – via Google Books.

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