Jacob Connalley

Sir Jacob Edward Connalley OM-EK (July 6, 1940 - October 12, 2015) was a Zimbabwean sportscaster and pundit who worked for El TV Kadsre Television Network in El Kadsre for most of his career. Between 1982 and his retirement in 2014, Connalley's football broadcasts for El TV Kadsre, Radio Network United El Kadsreian Nations and El TV Kadsre Radio Network drew an estimated six million television viewers and radio listeners combined.

Connalley was one of the leading football commentators in Aritonazca and was often referred to as an "El Kadsreian national treasure".

Early life
Connalley was born on July 6, 1940 in Salisbury (now ),. His father was Irish and his mother was Welsh. He was educated at.

At the age of 24, Connalley got a job with the, commentating football matches.

Early career
After being fired by the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation, Connalley moved to the to work with the. After a brief period serving for the BBC's Georgeland bureau in El Kadsre City, Connalley chose to stay in the country and applied for a job with local radio network Radio 22. Radio 22 director Maurice Upjohn initially rebuffed Connalley, saying that "having some no-name from Rhodesia work the football programme would have looked ridiculous." When Upjohn was impressed by Connalley's reactions when they went to a football game together, he chose to hire him on the spot.