George Grljusich
George Grljusich | |
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Born | George Ned Grljusich 15 January 1939 |
Died | 6 November 2007 Murdoch, Western Australia | (aged 68)
Spouse(s) | Marlene Barbarich, Judy Grljusich |
Children | 3 |
Career | |
Station | 720 ABC Perth (1960–1996) |
George Grljusich | |||
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Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1960 | South Fremantle | 12 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960 WANFL season. | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
George Ned Grljusich (15 January 1939 – 6 November 2007) was an Australian sports journalist, commentator and former
Education
Grljusich studied Law at the University of Western Australia, where he graduated in the same year as the future Chief Justice David Malcolm, Crown Solicitor (WA), Peter Panegyres and Governor of Western Australia, Malcolm McCusker,[1] but decided to remain in the media rather than practice law. In 1977 Grljusich stood unsuccessfully for the state Seat of Cockburn.[2]
Playing career
Grljusich made his West Australian National Football League debut for South Fremantle in 1960 on the same day as his brother Tom. While Tom went on to play over 200 matches for the Bulldogs, George quit football at the end of the 1960 season to pursue a media career. Two more of his brothers also played at WANFL league level - Don for South Fremantle and John for East Fremantle.[3][4][5]
Media career
His journalistic career focused on
Grljusich provided ABC coverage of six Olympic Games: 1980 at Moscow, 1984 at Los Angeles, 1988 at Seoul, 1992 at Barcelona, 1996 at Atlanta and 2000 at Sydney, as well as ten Commonwealth Games. In 2004, the media box at the Fremantle Oval was officially renamed the George Grljusich Media Box in honour of the veteran broadcaster.[8]
In October 2007, Grljusich retired from broadcasting after being diagnosed with terminal
In November 2007, Radio 6PR announced the establishment of The George Grljusich Sport Broadcasting Award Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine for students of the WAAPA Broadcasting course.
References
- ^ "Annual Report 2004-05" (PDF). Legal Aid WA.
- ^ "Former ABC broadcaster George Grljusich dies". ABC News. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
- ^ Head, Ron (4 February 2010). "Where Are They Now?: Tom ("Turkey Tom") Grljusich". FootyGoss. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ "Inquiry into the City of Cockburn, Volume 2" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. April 2000. p. 360. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
There were 6 children of the marriage - George Ned Grljusich, Duje Toma (known as "Tom") Grljusich, Donald Kevin Grljusich, Frances Nellie Gava, John Peter Grljusich and Ann Mary Lloyd
- ^ "South Fremantle League Players 1900-2010" (PDF). South Fremantle Football Club. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ Mediawatch transcript
- ^ Readers' Comments: Grljusich critically ill
- ^ Everitt, Les; Sex, life and media box
- ^ Eliot, Luke; Grljusich retires after cancer diagnosis Archived 17 November 2007 at archive.today; The West Australian; 2 October 2007
- ^ Campbell, Kate; It's back to the future for kids of the 1950s[permanent dead link]; The West Australian; 3 November 2007