Ted Read obituary

Ted Read was mad about sport and when taking games lessons delegated refereeing duties to a pupil so that he could play in the football matches himself Photograph: none

Ted Read, my father, who has died aged 94, was a man of intelligence and passion who will be remembered as an inspirational classics teacher.

He enjoyed entertaining people with a special brand of jokes, and he loved challenging people with his forthright opinions. He was never bored – he couldn’t be, he had so many things that interested him. He was mad about playing and watching sport, including football, rugby, cricket, basketball, tennis, squash and golf. He excelled at them all.