Peter Sellers | |
Birth Name: | Peter Heayne Joseph Sellers |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1921 |
Birth Place: | Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Education: | Rongotai College |
Occupation: | Sports broadcaster |
Years Active: | 1952–1987 |
Peter Heayne Joseph Sellers (9 June 1921 – 22 April 2016) was a New Zealand sports broadcaster.
Born in the Wellington suburb of Lyall Bay, Sellers was educated at Rongotai College.[1]
Sellers began working for the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (which later became the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation) in Wellington in 1952, and moved to Dunedin in 1958.[1] He became one of the country's leading sports broadcasters, retiring in 1987. While best known as a radio broadcaster, Sellers also presented a television sports show from the early 1960s until 1975.[1]
In the 1994 New Year Honours, Sellers was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services. He died in Dunedin on 22 April 2016.[2]