Eddie McGuire joined Channel Nine in February 1994 as a sports commentator and co-host of the top rating multi-award-winning program ‘THE FOOTY SHOW’.
Since then Eddie has presented numerous national programs on the Nine Network.
With Channel 9 Network winning Broadcast rights for AFL Football – Eddie McGuire anchors Channel Nine’s Football coverage.
In 1996 he presented the nightly sports report on Nightline and anchored the American NFL Gridiron coverage. He co-presented the 1998 Commonwealth Games from Kuala Lumpur and in March was the anchor for Nine’s coverage of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
His on-air talents don’t limit him to the sports arena. In 1997 Eddie hosted the Crown Casino opening and guest hosted the Midday Show also during that year.
Eddie is currently the compere of WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, one of the most exciting quiz shows ever seen on television where contestants have the opportunity to become instant millionaires by answering just 15 questions.
Born in Melbourne in 1964 and educated at Christian Brothers College, Eddie began his media career in 1978 as a football statistician with the Melbourne Herald. He also joined Australian Associated Press as a cricket writer at this time and continued reporting for them until 1982.
In 1982 Eddie joined channel Ten and a sports journalist and presenter for Eyewitness News where he remained until 1993. While at Channel Ten he returned to newspaper writing for the Sunday Observer from 1987-1988 and the Sunday Herald in 1989.
In 1997 Eddie and his brother, Walkley Award-winning journalist Frank McGuire, formed McGuire Media. The company has produced programs such as the hugely successful Triple M radio program ‘The Grill Team’, which Eddie hosted with Dermott Brereton and Brigitte Duclos.
McGuire Media also packages all Triple M’s football coverage and has produced five football specials for the Nine Network.
Eddie has also written two bestsellers, ‘Pants: The Darren Milane Story’ and ‘Footy Show Screamers’ and writes a weekly column in The Melbourne Herald Sun.
In January 1998 Eddie represented the Australian Republican Movement at the Constitutional Convention in Canberra. He was elected as a delegate with more than 400,000 votes by the people of Victoria.
“It was a humbling experience,” Eddie said. “It was incredibly symbolic when the Convention came to an end and we steed as one and sang Advance Australia Fair. It was such an historic moment. It didn’t matter which side you were on, we all wanted to further Australia’s position into the 21st Century.”
A passionate and devoted Collingwood football fan since his childhood Eddie became president of the club in September 1998. In a move that made headlines around the country he and his four-man ticket took control in a bloodless coup.
Despite his hectic schedule, Eddie finds time to help others through the Trevor Barker Foundation. The foundation was inaugurated to honour the memory of the St Kilda star that died after a courageous battle with cancer in 1996. Trevor and Eddie were close friends and he sees the foundation as a tangible way of keeping his mate’s memory alive.
The foundation has raised funds and is now buying a home in a Victorian beachside resort for the families of children with cancer. “I have been dealt a good hand and believe it is good to be able to give a bit back to others,” he says
SPEAKER & MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Eddie is a witty, entertaining speaker and recognised as one of the very best Masters of Ceremonies in the business.
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