Michael Christian

Michael Christian (born 21 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer and media personality from Busselton, Western Australia who played for East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

For the American actor, see Michael Christian (actor). For the Australian radio announcer, see Mike Christian.

Michael Christian
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-08-21) 21 August 1964
Place of birth Australia
Debut Round 1, 1987, Collingwood vs. Sydney Swans, at Victoria Park
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1981–1986 East Perth (WAFL) 82
1987–1995 Collingwood (VFL/AFL) 131 (23)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Christian played 82 games for East Perth in the WAFL from 1981 to 1986 and then crossed to Collingwood to play out his football career. He played at centre half-back for the majority of his career, but was also used sparingly as a forward. Christian was a member of Collingwood's 1990 premiership side and represented the West Australian team on three occasions.

After retiring, Christian became a football commentator and has commentated on radio for Triple M, Geelong station K-Rock (3GL) and 3AW, as well as for Network Ten. He hosted the breakfast program, Prime Time Sports Interactive, on Sport 927 with Angela Pippos and The Fifth Quarter, a post-match show following Saturday night AFL games, between 2004 and 2007 with Andrew Maher and from 2008 to 2011, with rotating expert commentators Michael Voss, Malcolm Blight or Luke Darcy.

Christian also commentated on weightlifting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

He compered The Final Siren, a Sunday night football review show, in 2011.[1]

Under reformed procedures introduced by the AFL, Christian was appointed Match Review Officer, the AFL's sole adjudicator for the Match Review Panel, in 2017.[2]

References
  1. Ralph, John (19 January 2011). "Channel 10 flicks switch on Kelli Underwood, first female to call football on TV". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. Hustwaite, Megan (24 September 2018). "Meet Michael Christian, the Collingwood premiership player who makes the AFL's tough decisions". Domain. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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