after-dinner speaker

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The latest is a delightful romp through the game's history called Golf's Life Lessons by Richard Allen, former captain of Royal Melbourne and very sharp after-dinner speaker.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 12, 2019

After careers as a sportsman, farmer and after-dinner speaker, he spoke to BBC Scotland's John Beattie about his greatest challenge yet.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2017

Before he retired from baseball in 1954, Mr. Garagiola was already acquiring a reputation as a popular after-dinner speaker in his native St. Louis, with an endearing quality of self-mockery.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2016

On tour, he might deliver as many as 14 speeches a day, starting on a factory floor and finishing as the after-dinner speaker for a local chamber of commerce or Rotary Club branch.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2016

He lives in Hampden town, and has published a book of photographs of the college through the years, which has made him much sought-after as an after-dinner speaker at the various clubs in town.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt