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Drew Morphett
Australian sports broadcaster

Drew Morphett

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Australian sports broadcaster
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Male
Place of birth
Sydney, Australia
Place of death
Pakenham, Australia
Age
69 years
Awards
Medal of the Order of Australia
(2014)
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Biography

Andrew Kenneth "Drew" Morphett OAM (22 August 1948 – 25 August 2017) was an Australian sports broadcaster.

Life

Morphett started his career as a sport specialist trainee in Sydney in 1966 at 18 years of age.

Over a long career he worked on both ABC radio and television, most notably commentating Australian rules football (the VFL and AFL), but also tennis, cricket, basketball, golf (including a British Open), lawn bowls and six Olympic Games, mainly commentating cycling, hockey and diving. He was the host of ABC TV's weekly VFL show The Winners for ten years during the 1980s.

He joined the Seven Network in 1988 and commentated Australian rules football matches until he was discharged by Seven after the 2000 season. He worked for ABC radio as part of their ABC Grandstand team until being made redundant in 2014. He continued to commentate football matches on radio until his death in 2017. Drew was awarded an Order of Australia Medal as part of the 2014 Australia Day honours.

On 26 August 2017, it was announced that Morphett had died the previous evening while watching AFL football on television at his Koo Wee Rup residence in outer Melbourne.

He was married to Karen 'Kaz' Morphett.

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