Jean-Paul Sarault (1930–2010)[1] was a Canadian sportswriter who was the first French-language radio play-by-play announcer for the Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball.
Sarault began his writing career in 1947 at La Patrie. After a four-year stint with The Canadian Press, Sarault joined Montréal-Matin. He then served as the sports editor of Dernière Heure until 1968, when he returned to Montréal-Matin to cover the city's new Major League Baseball team, the Montreal Expos. In 1969, he was chosen to become the Expos' first French-language radio play-by-play announcer.[2] He was replaced by Jacques Doucet in 1972, but continued to write for Montréal-Matin until the paper folded in 1978. He then wrote for Le Soleil and RDS.ca.[3] [4] In 1979, he elected president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Sarault died in Montreal on October 10, 2010, from cancer.[5]