Terry Jones (3) (1948–)
Author of The Great Gretzky
For other authors named Terry Jones, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Terry Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales on February 1, 1942. He was a writer for such BBC programs as The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set, before joining with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin to form the Monty Python comedy troupe. Best remembered as the nude show more organist, Jones co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), and directed Life of Brian (1979) and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). Along with many Python-related books, screenplays, and records, he has written several non-fiction works including Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary, Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery, and Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror. He also wrote numerous children's books including The Saga of Erik the Viking, which won the Children's Book Award in 1984, Fantastic Stories, The Beast with a Thousand Teeth, The Curse of the Vampire Socks, and Bedtime Stories. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Terry Jones
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- Birthdate
- 1948-06-25
- Occupations
- journalist
sportswriter
newspaper columnist - Organizations
- Edmonton Journal
Edmonton Sun - Awards and honors
- Alberta Sports Hall of Fame
Dough Gilbert Award
Doug Creighton Award for Editorial Excellence
Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
George Gross Award for Career Achievement (Sports Media Canada) (show all 9)
Outstanding Sportswriter Award (Sports Media Canada)
Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame - Short biography
- [excerpt from Alberta Sports Hall of Fame website]
Terry Jones was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame/Football Reporters Hall of Fame in 2002. He was honoured a number of times by Sports Media Canada - with their Outstanding Sportswriting Award in 2003 and Lifetime Award in 2012. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, the Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame in 2018, and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2019.
Terry has covered 16 Olympic Games - a record for a Canadian journalist; 37 Grey Cups, 20 Super Bowls, 20 World Figure Skating Championships and numerous curling championships. In the early part of his career, he covered Wayne Gretzky and now as his career is winding down, he is covering Connor McDavid.
As an author, his books include: The Great Gretzky (1981), Edmonton's Hockey Knights 79 to 99 (1998), Wayne Gretzky: An Oiler Forever (1999), The Ferbey Four: Kings of Canadian Curling (2007), and Epic Legacy of the Edmonton Eskimos – Boxed Set, 2016.
Terry was employed by the Edmonton Journal from 1967 to 1982, and has been with the Edmonton Sun from 1982 to 2020 (currently). - Birthplace
- Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
- Places of residence
- Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- Alberta, Canada
Members
Discussions
Terry Jones changes tack again, and again in Pro and Con (September 2010)
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Statistics
- Works
- 8
- Members
- 29
- Popularity
- #460,289
- Rating
- 1.0
- ISBNs
- 536
- Languages
- 17