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I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.

Murray Walker

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Murray Walker
Age: 97 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 10
Died: 2021
Died: March 13
Commentator
Journalist
Presenter
Pundit
Birmingham
West Midlands
Graeme Murray Walker
Whatever
Hammers
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Heart
Trip
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Usual
Tension
Boxes
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Hammer
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