Alan John Fraser Hoby OBE (1914 – 15 October 2008) was an English sports journalist, broadcaster and author, who was best known for his regular columns from 1949 to 1986 in the Sunday Express, where he became chief sportswriter.
[2] He started in journalism at the age of 16 reading proofs in a basement before becoming a junior reporter at the Richmond and Twickenham Times.
[3] Hoby became close friends with a number of notable sporting figures such as Stanley Matthews and Matt Busby.
[1] He retired from Express Newspapers in 1986 and in the 1986 Birthday Honours was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for services to journalism.
[5] He died on 15 October 2008 at a retirement home in Hove, Sussex and was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium in West London.