- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Pollock McLaren
- Bill McLaren was born in 1923 in Hawick, Scotland, UK. He was married to Bette. He died on January 19, 2010 in Hawick, Scotland, UK.
- SpouseBette(? - January 19, 2010) (his death)
- He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Sports Broadcasting.
- He was a legendary rugby commentator with the BBC for almost 50 years.
- He served with the Royal Artillery during WWII.
- After the war, he contracted tuberculosis. He was extremely ill and his prognosis poor, when he was asked to be a "guinea pig" for a new drug. The drug was streptomycin, and he recovered.
- While convalescing from TB, he did his first sports commentary, describing table-tennis matches on the hospital radio.
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