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The Team:
Brian Taylor
BT
has been a member of the Triple M Football commentary team from the very
beginning. It was back in 1997 when BT aka 'The Bristler', first
feverously screamed out those immortal words 'Triple M Roooocks
Football'. BT began his football career in 1980 with Richmond, and later
moving to Collingwood in 1985 for a combined total of 140 games. A
highlight of BTs distinguished career was winning the John Coleman medal
in 1986 as the leading goal scorer with 100 goals. Forced to retire with
knee problems in 1990, BT has become a favourite amongst the football
loving public with his incisive and enthusiastic call of play.
James Brayshaw
JB
began his sporting career as a professional cricketer for W.A. & South
Australia. Doing sports reports on Adelaide radio, led JB to a permanent
role as a breakfast co-host on SA FM. As JB's media repertoire expanded,
so did his love of sport commentary. JB was a host of the Sydney
Olympics and the 2001 Ashes Tour of England for the Seven Network.
During those famous Olympic Games he became the only commentator in
Australian broadcasting history to call synchronized swimming! Mightily
impressed by this achievement, in 2002 he was quickly snapped up by
Triple M to be a principal caller of its AFL coverage.
Garry Lyon
In
1986 Garry Lyon debuted with the Melbourne Football Club and made an
immediate impression in the red and blue. Able to play key positions at
both ends of the ground but specialising at centre half forward, he
played 226 games, kicked 426 goals and captained the Demons from 1991 to
97. He won Melbourne's best and fairest award in 1990 and 1994, was
named All Australian from 1993 to 1995 and was the Dee's leading
goalkicker in 1994 and 1995. Garry's media career is nearly as
impressive as his football career, excelling on television, radio and in
print journalism. In 1995 he joined Channel Nine as a panellist on The
Footy Show and has been with the program, and the network, ever since.
In 1998, he became a regular on Today, doing previews of weekend
matches, and hosted crosses for Hey Hey It's Saturday. In 2005, in
addition to hosting The Sunday Footy Show, he was joined by James
Brayshaw and Sam Newman on Any Given Sunday, a live sports chat show.
Such was the success of this show, Garry and JB were selected to jointly
host The Footy Show on Thursday nights. This year Garry is the new boy
on Triple M Football block, working his brilliant football brain and
giving the listeners the jump on tactics and strategies.
Jason Dunstall
Four-time
Premiership player, multiple John Coleman Medallist and a multi-faceted
media personality. Jason Dunstall aka Chief, or according to his fellow
commentators 'a large swine of a man', is an integral part of Triple M
Football. Jason always delivers incisive and insightful comments during
the course of our broadcasts. In 2004 JD was under the pump as the
acting CEO to the embattled Hawks. Every week he was ambushed by the
other commentators and Hawk supporters demanding information, but
through it all JD retained his sense of humour and showed immeasurable
restraint. JD also hosts The Dead Set Legends with Andrew Gaze on
Saturdays in Melbourne.
Danny Frawley
A
former St Kilda champion from 1984 to 1995 (240 games) and coach of
Richmond from 2000 to 2004 (113 games), 'Spud' featured as one of Triple
M Football's special commentators during last year's final series.
Danny's trademark sense of humour and his impressive transition from
coach's box to commentary box left no doubt that Spud was destined to be
part of the Triple M Football commentary team in 2005. Having
experienced the highs and lows of playing and coaching, Spud brings to
Triple M Football a unique insight to the mindset of the modern AFL
coach and player. Now released from the verbal restraints placed on
anyone representing a team in the AFL, 'Spud' will not hesitate to give
his opinion on all matters, be it umpiring, other teams, other coaches,
the tribunal or the AFL hierarchy. Nothing's sacred.
Wayne Schwass
With
a playing career of 282 games (184 with Kangaroos and 98 with Sydney)
Wayne, aka 'Swatter', retired mid-season in 2002, falling short of the
300 game milestone. Swatter achieved what many players can only dream
about - he was a premiership player, an All Australian and Best &
Fairest at both the Swans and the Roos. Upon retirement Swatter moved
easily into a football commentators role for FoxFooty and is now showing
his style on Triple M Football as a caller.
Mike McLean
For
over ten years Mike McLean has been plying his sports trade over the
airwaves. It all began back in Canberra in the early 90's where Mike
worked for two years providing sports reports and general announcing to
the politicians and public servants of the nations capital. Next Mike
pitched his tent in regional Victoria in the fruit growing town of
Shepparton. Here Mike spent five years as a sports broadcaster covering
both local and national sport and hosting the stations coverage of the
local football league. Mike was then offered a job in the big smoke and
he came to Melbourne to call AFL football for Magic 693. After one year
with Magic, Mike joined the Triple M Football team as a caller and host
- a role he has held now for six years. In addition to Mike's football
work, he is also Triple M's sports reporter covering all sports and
breaking news stories throughout the week. Mike has won two ACRA's
(Australian Commercial Radio Awards) for his work and has also been a
finalist on two other occasions. Over his career Mike has covered just
about every sport there is, although he is still yet to call a
Synchronised Swimming event.
Peter 'The Doc' Larkins
Back
in the 80s the 'Doc' travelled the world extensively studying sports and
exercise medicine, eventually returning to Melbourne and setting up a
private practise. He has been team doctor for the Australian Track and
Field Team, Australian Cricket Team, Australian Triathlon Team,
Australian Lacrosse Team and was a football club doctor for Geelong and
Adelaide. The Doc began with Triple M in 1997, bringing a new initiative
to broadcasting football with medical reports from the boundary. With
the Doc's expertise and quick eye, he was able to diagnose a player's
injury as it occurred. His prognoses were so accurate that he has
assisted in lifting the veil on the mystery and myth behind some footy
injury folklore. Now if a sporting injury occurs to a footballer or any
other athlete, the Doc is the first person to be questioned by the press
for his expert opinion, which has helped educate the general public and
the media on some important issues such as concussion, injury recovery
and the blood rule.