Alan Sayers
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| Full name | Alan John Sayers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1915 Onehunga, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 August 2017 (aged 101) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | 440 yards champion (1937) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 100 yards – 10.1 s 220 yards – 21.4 s 440 yards – 48.8 s 880 yards – 1:57 Long jump – 6.63 m High jump – 1.70 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan John Sayers MNZM (6 December 1915 – 19 August 2017) was a New Zealand journalist, photographer and athlete who worked for The New Zealand Herald prior to World War II. When the war was over he was invited to join the Auckland Star where he was the first reporter in New Zealand to receive a personal by-line. In 1953 he was an official journalist on the tour of Queen Elizabeth II to the Pacific Islands and New Zealand.