Len Martin

Leonard Martin (17 April 1919 – 21 August 1995) was an Australian results reader.

He came to England on holiday in 1953 for the Coronation and received a call from the BBC the day before he was due to sail for Australia.

It was clear from the way in which he presented the home or away team name, followed by number of goals, whether the result was a home win, an away win, a no-score draw or a score draw; this was important for the football pools results.

In addition to his role on Grandstand, Martin was a voice-over artist heard on Movietone newsreels.

He also used to run four flights of stairs at Lime Grove Studios in the late 1960s after Grandstand to introduce Simon Dee's programme, with 'Simon' elongated, in the distinctive manner.