Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster)
Ron Casey Victoria, Australia | |
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Occupation(s) | TV presenter, sports journalist, and radio host |
Years active | 1948−1996 |
Ronald Patrick Casey
Radio roles
Casey was a Melbourne sporting commentator and radio presenter with station
He started out as a panel operator at radio 3DB and overcame a speech impediment to replace Eric Welsh as 3DB's sports director. He became one of Victoria's and Australia's leading sports commentators on radio and television, especially in football, boxing and harness racing. His most famous radio broadcast was the 1968 call from Japan when Lionel Rose defeated Fighting Harada for the world boxing title.
Television roles
Joining
He served on the board of the Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations, chairing it for three terms.
Other
He served many years as president and chairman of his beloved North Melbourne Football Club. He was awarded the MBE in 1982 for his services to sport and journalism. In 1991 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, and in 1996 was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in the Media category. The Melbourne Cricket Ground's media centre is called the Ron Casey Media Centre in his honour.[1]
Of Irish descent, Casey was a long-time member of the Celtic Club, and frequently attended major Irish-Australian events throughout his life.[2]
References
- ^ Sheahan, Mike. "Ron Casey". halloffame.melbournepressclub.com. Australian Media Hall of Fame. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ D. J. O'Hearn, Erin go bragh – Advance Australia Fair: a hundred years of growing, Melbourne: Celtic Club, 1990, p.67.
External links
- Ron Casey at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- Harness Racing Victoria – Ron Casey
- Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries Inc.
- Listen to Ron Casey commentating when Lionel Rose won the 1968 World Title on australianscreen online