Career
Although he was most associated with football, he covered a number of other sports for Independent Television, notably golf. Montford was raised in Greenock and was a lifelong supporter of local football club Greenock Morton. Montford worked as both a print journalist and radio broadcaster before joining Scottish Television in August 1957 as a continuity announcer.
He was then chosen to present STV"s new sports programme, Scotsport (originally Sports Desk), where he remained the anchorman until his retirement in 1989.
In all, he hosted over 2,000 editions of the programme. and Disaster for Scotland! Montford continued to comment on Scottish football after his retirement, both in the national press and in the matchday programme at Morton. In 1990 he narrated the film documentary Scotland: The World Cup Story.
In late 2010 Montford served as an occasional commentator on the Greenock Morton webcast. He died aged 85 on 26 November 2014.
After stepping down as a director, Montford continued his affiliation with the club as an Honorary Vice-President.
In 1974, Montford was elected as Rector of the University of Glasgow, the first sports journalist to receive the honour. He remained in the position until 1977. Montford wrote a column for Scottish golf magazine, Bunkered.
His recollections of some of golf"s greatest players, moments, and tournaments were popular with the magazine"s readers and he was the title"s longest-serving regular contributor.
