Life Summary

Name	Albert John Lillye
Born	9 July, 1919 Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 February, 1996 (aged 76) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Chatswood Public School (Sydney) (student, 1926-1931) Chatswood High School (Sydney) (student, 1932-1933)
Occupation or Descriptor *	newspaper employee (1933-1984) New South Wales, Australia cook (1941-1945) Federal, Australia journalist (1945-1984) New South Wales, Australia sports writer (1945-1984) New South Wales, Australia sports administrator (1976-1996) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (cook, 1941-1945)
Awards	Golden Slipper writer's prize (Sydney Turf Club) (recipient, 1979) Golden Slipper writer's prize (Sydney Turf Club) (recipient, 1983) Australian Racing Hall of Fame (inductee, 2015) Australian Media Hall of Fame (inductee, 2018)
Key Organisations *	Illawarra Turf Club (NSW) (vice-president)
Key Places *	Kembla Grange recreation reserve (NSW) (trustee)
Workplaces *	Racetrack magazine (sports journalist) Turf Monthly (sports journalist) Arrow newspaper (Sydney) (copy-boy, 1933-1941) Referee (Sydney) (copy-boy, 1933-1941) Smith's Weekly (copy-boy, 1933-1941) Smith's Weekly (sports journalist, 1945-1952) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (sports journalist, 1952-1965) Daily Mirror (NSW) newspaper (sports journalist, 1965-1969) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (sports editor, 1969-1984) Sun-Herald (newspaper) (Sydney) (sports journalist, 1973)

* Dates are approximate

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