Education
Born in Manchester, Gubba was educated at Blackpool Grammar School in North West England.
Born in Manchester, Gubba was educated at Blackpool Grammar School in North West England.
He began work as a local newspaper reporter with the Cyril Briggs Press Agency in Museum Street, Warrington Lancashire contracted to work on the Lymm edition of the Cheshire Country Express newspapers before moving up to the job of staff reporter for the Daily Mirror. He later worked at Southern television in Southampton. British Broadcasting Corporation
Gubba joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as a sports correspondent, based in Liverpool.
His first Olympic Games as a commentator with the British Broadcasting Corporation was in 1972, and he covered every World Cup tournament from 1974 to 2006.
In 1972, he was given the job of presenting the popular Sportsnight show, a post he held until 1975. After leaving Sportsnight, Gubba moved on to commentate on a range of sports for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He also commentated on ice-skating, hockey, table tennis, bobsleigh, ski jumping, speed skating, cycling, rowing, judo, golf and tennis and was the main presenter of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s coverage of the World Darts Championship from 1984-1990.
Gubba spent 40 seasons as a football commentator, overtaking Barry Davies as the third-longest serving football commentator on British television after John Motson and Gerald Sinstadt. He listed witnessing the debuts of George Best for Manchester United and Michael Owen for Liverpool as highlights of his career.
He provided commentaries also for football computer and video games: the Personal Computer version for Fédération internationale de football association International Soccer and the Nintendo 64 game International Superstar Soccer 98.
Independent Television
Gubba had commentated on all eight series of Independent Television"s Dancing on Ice from 2006-2013. He provided a round-up of the performances and trivia about the celebrities and their skating partners. His last Dancing On Ice commentary was heard on 17 February 2013.
"Foreign a generation he was one of the most familiar and respected names in sports broadcasting.
Tony was an outstanding sports journalist and a formidable broadcaster, whose death will sadden everyone at British Broadcasting Corporation Sport.".