Tony Gallagher (ɗan jarida na Kanada)

Tony Gallagher (ɗan jarida na Kanada)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Vancouver, 1948 (77/78 shekaru)
Karatu
Makaranta	Vancouver College (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan jarida da marubucin labaran da ba almara

Tony Gallagher (wanda aka fi sani da "The Undertaker;" an haife shi a shekara ta 1948) ɗan jarida ne ɗan ƙasar Kanada. Ya kasance marubucin wasannin kwaikwayo na The Province , yana mai da hankali sosai kan wasan hockey, ƙwallon kwando, da wasan tennis har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya. A shekara ta 2020, ya sami kyautar tunawa da Elmer Ferguson saboda ƙwarewa a aikin jarida na hockey.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Gallagher a shekarar 1948. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Vancouver a shekarar 1966 kuma ya halarci Jami'ar British Columbia (UBC) don samun digirinsa na farko a fannin kimiyyar siyasa da tattalin arziki. Yayin da yake karatu a UBC, Gallagher ya yi aiki a jaridar makarantar, The Ubyssey , inda ya rubuta labaran wasanni na gida. A shekarar 1967, ya tuntubi editan wasanni na The Province Don Brown ya tambaye shi ko zai iya rubuta labaran wasanni a kan ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta maza ta UBC Thunderbirds ; Brown ya amince ya biya shi dala 10 a kowane labari.

Sana'a

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga UBC, nan take aka ɗauke Gallagher aiki daga The Province a matsayin ɗan jaridar wasanni na gida, yana ba da rahoto game da New Westminster Bruins na WHL da Vancouver Blazers . A shekarar 1976, ya zama ɗan jarida na Vancouver Canucks na National Hockey League (NHL) kuma ya sami nasa labarin wasanni a 1987 yayin da kuma ya faɗaɗa labaransa zuwa wasan tennis, wasannin motsa jiki da ƙwallon kwando. A lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin ɗan jarida, Gallagher ya sami laƙabin "The Undertaker" daga Babban Manajan Canucks Jake Milford saboda "biɗan labari mai tsauri da kuma son binne wani idan aka kira shi." Ya ba da labarin rashin nasarar Canucks a gasar cin kofin Stanley ta 1982 ga New York Islanders, wanda daga baya ya buga a cikin littafinsa na farko da aka rubuta tare mai taken Towels, Triumph and Tears: The Vancouver Canucks and Their Amazing Drive to the 1982 Stanley Cup Final.

A matsayinsa na mai sharhi kan wasanni, Gallagher ya shiga cikin takaddama tsakaninsa da manyan manajojin Canucks Pat Quinn, daga baya kuma Brian Burke . A lokacin da Quinn ya zama shugaban GM, Gallagher ya gano cewa ya aika da mai horarwa da cekin dala $100,000 zuwa wani wasan tsere na safe na Los Angeles Kings a Coliseum, kuma ya sanya hannu kan wata kari ba bisa ka'ida ba lokacin da ya zama sabon babban manajan ƙungiyar. Lokacin da ya mutu a shekarar 2014, Gallagher ya ce "Na canza ra'ayina game da Pat a ƙarshen rayuwa. Na fahimci cewa mutane da yawa suna ƙaunarsa. Kuma idan akwai mutane da yawa waɗanda darajarsu da hukuncinsu da kuke amincewa da su suna son mutum, to lallai yana lafiya." Ya kuma gano yadda Quinn ya kasa biyan kuɗin canja wurin zuwa Rasha, wanda masu binciken giciye suka yi amfani da shi a kan Quinn. Gallagher ya bar Lardin don yin aiki a rediyon wasanni a CKWX sannan ya ɗauki hutun shekaru biyu. Bayan dawowarsa, Burke ya yi ƙoƙarin hana Gallagher da marubutan Lardin shiga ɗakin shiryawa kuma ya rubuta wa babban editan Brian Butters wasiƙa yana umurtansa da ya kori Gallagher. Butters ya ƙi kuma ya buga wasiƙar a shafin farko cikin rashin amincewa. Burke ya yi wa wasiƙarsa bayani ta hanyar zargin Gallagher da "harin edita mai ban tsoro." Burke ya yi jayayya cewa ƙiyayya tsakaninsa da Gallagher ta samo asali ne daga ƙin bai wa Gallagher "kwarin gwiwa kan naɗin da ya yi a Vancouver" a 1998.

Lambobin yabo da girmamawa

A shekarar 2013, an shigar da Gallagher cikin Zauren Girmamawa na Kwalejin Vancouver. Yayin da yake hutu tare da matarsa a Hawaii a shekarar 2018, an sanar da shi cewa an shigar da shi cikin Zauren Wasannin BC kuma ya dawo gida da wuri don halartar bikin karramawa. Bayan shekaru biyu, an nada Gallagher wanda ya lashe kyautar tunawa da Elmer Ferguson saboda ƙwarewa a aikin jarida na hockey.