MICHAEL DAVID BRUNTON

摘要

Michael was born in Farnham,Surrey on 21st March,1947.He was the eldest child of David and Margaret Brunton and was born in the house built by his grandfather.Being born into a military family,Michael's global'travels'began from an early age.He accompanied the family to Ankara,Turkey,at the age of five,where his father had accepted a military advisor's role for two years.By the age of seven he was fluent in Turkish.The next move came as Michael was about to turn eight,when his father was posted to Osnabruck in Germany.Michael and his younger brother Tony,were sent to boarding school in England from an early age and were looked after by their grandmother in Farnham during short school breaks.Fortunately for them and their younger sister Chrissie,Major Brunton was posted back to the UK,where the family were based in Catterick and then Tidworth,giving the family a chance to spend some time in the UK,Schooling was undertaken at Yateley Manor,but Michael's interest was never in the class room,more on the sports field,playing football to a very high level,as well as gymnastics and diving.He was crowned Under 21 High Board Diving Champion for the South of England when he was only 16,training alongside Brian Phelps,the Olympic and Cmmonwealth champion