GREG CHAMPION
(BORN - NO D.O.B. DETAILS AVAILABLE)

 GREG CHAMPION IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGENDARY RADIO SHOW 'THE COODABEEN CHAMPIONS'.

BUT 'CHAMPS' IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC AND ENTERTAINING SONGWRITERS AUSTRALIA HAS PRODUCED, AND IS ESPECIALLY KNOWN FOR THE CLASSIC AUSSIE RULES TUNE 'THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT FOOTBALL' AND HIS VAST AMOUNT OF PARODIES ABOUT AUSSIE RULES PLAYERS INCLUDING 'TONY MODRA'S GONE SURFING', 'DERMOTT BRERETON IS A HOOD', 'CARLTON CAME LAST', 'WE'VE WON THE WOODEN SPOON' AND MANY, MANY MORE.
HE IS ALSO A WELL RESPECTED COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST AS WELL.
BORN IN BENALLA, VICTORIA, HE GREW UP IN SUBURBAN ADELAIDE.

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LLEYTON GLYNN HEWITT
(BORN 24/2/1981) 

PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS CROWS SUPPORTER IN THE WORLD, LLEYTON HAS FOLLOWED THE CLUB SINCE THEY WERE FORMED.

IN 2001 LLEYTON BECAME THE YOUNGEST MALE EVER TO BE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD. HIS BEST CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS ARE WINNING THE 2001 U.S. OPEN AND 2002 WIMBLEDON MEN'S SINGLES TITLES.

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CONDOLEEZA RICE
(BORN 14/11/1954)

'THE CONDO' IS A SELF-CONFESSED SPORTS NUT, AND IS A PROUD OWNER OF A NUMBER 14 CROWS GUERNSEY, A PRESENT FROM FELLOW CROWS SUPPORTER, FORMER FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ALEXANDER DOWNER.

AM AMERICAN PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR, SHE WAS ALSO THE 66TH UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, AND THE SECOND IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TO HOLD THE OFFICE.
'THE CONDO' IS ALSO A VERY TALENTED PIANO PLAYER.

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GUY THEODORE SEBASTIAN
(BORN 26/10/1981)

BORN IN MALAYSIA, 'THE FRO' WAS NOT ONLY THE FIRST WINNER OF 'AUSTRALIAN IDOL', BUT POSSIBLY THE MOST TALENTED AS WELL, BEING ABLE TO PLAY VIOLIN, GUITAR AND DRUMS.

AT THE TIME OF ENTERING 'IDOL' HE WAS A SINGING TEACHER AND A MUSICAL ENGINEER, WHILE ALSO STUDYING MUSIC TECHNOLOGY.
HE IS NOW THE PROUD OWNER OF 'ARIA' AWARDS, NUMEROUS CHART TOPPING RECORDINGS AND IS ALSO A JUDGE ON THE AUSTRALIAN VERSION OF 'THE X-FACTOR'

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 ALBERT WATSON NEWTON, MBE, AM
(BORN 23/7/1938)

AN AUSTRALIAN ICON, 'MOONFACE' IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST AND MOST RESPECTED ENTERTAINERS IN THE WORLD, BUT HE IS ALSO A LONG-TIME LIONS FAN.

SINCE THE 1950'S BERT HAS BECOME A HOUSEHOLD NAME THROUGH HIS PERFORMANCES ON RADIO, TV, STAGE AND FILM.
HE IS ALSO AN AUTHOR.
BERT NOT ONLY GREW UP SUPPORTING FITZROY FC, HE WAS BORN IN THE SUBURB OF FITZROY AS WELL.

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 STEPHEN DONALD CUMMINGS
(BORN 13/9/1954)

FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE POPULAR '70'S AUSSIE ROCK BAND 'THE SPORTS', STEPHEN CUMMINGS, IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED AND RESPECTED ROCK SINGER/SONGWRITERS IN AUSTRALIA.
HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN TWO NOVELS AND HIS MEMOIRS.

BUT EVEN WHEN HE WAS WITH 'THE SPORTS', HE COULD STILL BE SEEN IN THE OUTER OF MOST SUBURBAN V.F.L. GROUNDS SUPPORTING HIS BELOVED FITZROY FC.

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 NEIL LESLIE DIAMOND
(BORN 24/1/1941)

LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER/ENTERTAINER/ACTOR, NEIL DIAMOND, MUST KNOW HOW DANGEROUS A 'MIXED-TEAM' RELATIONSHIP CAN BE.

"I'M A BRISBANE LIONS FAN BECAUSE MY LADY (RAE FARLEY) IS A BRISSIE GIRL", HE SAYS. "SHE MAKES ME WATCH EVERY GAME THEY PLAY."
NEIL IS ONE OF POP MUSIC'S MOST ENDURING AND SUCCESSFUL SINGER/SONGWRITERS, SELLING OVER 750 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE (AS OF MAY 2006), INCLUDING MORE THAN 48 MILLION IN THE U.S.A.

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DAVID WILLIAM HUGHES
(BORN 26/11/1970)

ONE OF THE FUNNIEST TALENTS IN AUSTRALIA, 'HUGHESY' LOVES THE BLUES AND LOVES TALKING ABOUT THEM.

A TRULY PASSIONATE SUPPORTER EVEN WHEN THEY WERE COLLECTING MORE WOODEN SPOONS THAN A LIGHT-FINGERED CHEF!
BORN IN WARRNAMBOOL (VICTORIA), 'HUGHESY' HAS SAID THAT HE WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AS A TEENAGER AND YOUNG ADULT, "OFTEN GETTING LOCKED UP, YOU KNOW. NOT FOR BEING VIOLENT BUT I USED TO FALL ASLEEP ON THE ROAD AND STUFF, YOU KNOW."
NOW HE IS A TEETOTALER AND ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S FAVORITE TV AND RADIO PRESENTERS.

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ANNI-FRID SYNNI LYNGSTAD
(BORN 15/11/1945)

 ALTHOUGH THIS DANCING QUEEN WAS BETTER KNOWN AS FRIDA FROM SEVENTIES SUPERGROUP, ABBA, SHE BECAME A GENUINE DANCING PRINCESS IN 1992 WHEN SHE MARRIED PRINCE HEINRICH RUZZO.
HER OFFICIAL TITLE IS NOW 'HER SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCESS ANNI-FRID REUSS OF PLAUEN'.

ALONG WITH AGNETHA, SHE BECAME A BLUES FAN DURING THE MELBOURNE LEG OF THE 1977 ABBA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA.
THE POOR LADY HAS HAD SOME ROTTEN LUCK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THOUGH, LOSING HER DAUGHTER IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN 1998, FOLLOWED BY THE SAD PASSING OF HER HUSBAND IN 1999.
...THEN CAME A COUPLE OF CARLTON WOODEN SPOONS!
SO SHE HAS SUFFERED FROM THE BLUES AND BARRACKS FOR THE BLUES.
MAYBE SHE WILL RELEASE A RECORDING OF BLUES MUSIC ONE DAY!

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DANIELLE JANE MINOGUE 
(BORN 20/10/1971)

THE YOUNGER MINOGUE SISTER IS ONE OF THOSE RARE PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO GET MORE BEAUTIFUL AS THEY GROW OLDER.

AND SHE IS TALENTED AS WELL.
A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC, FILM, THEATRE AND TV STAR, DANNII HAS BEEN ON NUMEROUS SHOWS INCLUDING 'YOUNG TALENT TIME', 'HOME & AWAY', 'THE X-FACTOR' AND 'AUSTRALIA'S GOT TALENT'.
BUT HER BIGGEST ROLE HAPPENED DURING MID-2010 WHEN SHE BECAME A REAL-LIFE 'YUMMY MUMMY'!

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OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
(BORN 26/9/1948)

LET'S GET PHYSICAL?...NO WORRIES!

EVERYBODY LOVES OLIVIA REGARDLESS OF WHICH FOOTY TEAM SHE SUPPORTS.
ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED FEMALE ENTERTAINERS ON THE PLANET, OLIVIA HAS WON GRAMMY AWARDS, HAD NUMEROUS WORLDWIDE CHART-TOPPING RECORDINGS, STARRED IN SUCCESSFUL MOVIES, SURVIVED BREAST CANCER, BEEN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN AND HAS BEEN A LONG TIME ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST.

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 PETER GEOFFREY BROCK, AM
(BORN 26/2/1945 - DIED 8/9/2006)

IF ONLY HE HAD KEPT DRIVING AT BATHURST AND NOT GONE ON THAT BLOODY RALLY IN TASMANIA.

 THE 'KING OF THE MOUNTAIN' (PICTURED ABOVE WITH RAY SHAW) WAS ONE OF THE MAGPIES MOST LOYAL SUPPORTERS UNTIL HIS TRAGIC DEATH IN 2006.
HE WAS EVEN ONE OF RANALD MACDONALD'S 'MAGNIFICENT SEVEN', THE FAMOUS AND CONTROVERSIAL COMMITTEE THAT HELPED TAKE COLLINGWOOD OUT OF THE DARK AGES AND INTO THE MODERN AGE OF AUSSIE RULES.

 R.I.P. PETER

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DARYL BRAITHWAITE
(BORN 11/1/1949)

HOWZAT!

DAZZA IS A ONE-EYED MAGPIE!

STILL PERFORMING TO SELL-OUT CROWDS AROUND AUSTRALIA, DARYL HAS HAD ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN AUSTRALIAN MUSIC HISTORY BOTH AS A SOLO ARTIST AND AS LEAD SINGER WITH THE ICONIC AUSSIE BAND 'SHERBET'.
HE ALSO PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE IN THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE PRODUCTION OF THE ROCK OPERA 'TOMMY', AND WAS CROWNED 'TV WEEK KING OF POP' FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS FROM 1975 TO 1977.

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 MARK ANTHONY VIDUKA
(9/10/1975)

MARK FINALLY GOT TO WEAR THE FAMOUS BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WITH NEWCASTLE UNITED IN THE ENGLISH SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE.

IT IS A PITY HE COULD NOT CONVINCE THE CLUB TO LET HIM WEAR NUMBER 35 ON HIS SHIRT, THE NUMBER THAT HIS FAVORITE COLLINGWOOD PLAYER, PETER DAICOS, WORE DURING HIS CAREER.
MARK IS (TO DATE) THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AUSTRALIAN SOCCER CAPTAIN EVER, LEADING THE SOCCEROOS THROUGH TO THE FINAL 16 AT THE 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP IN GERMANY.
BUT AS HAS HAPPENED TO COLLINGWOOD ON MANY OCCASIONS, THE SOCCEROOS WERE 'ROBBED' BY A DODGY REFEREE GIVING AN EVEN DODGIER DECISION AGAINST THEM!

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COLLEEN HEWETT
(BORN 16/4/1950)

DAY BY DAY COLLEEN WILL ALWAYS BE DREAMING HER DREAMS OF ANOTHER COLLINGWOOD PREMIERSHIP!

MEANWHILE HER MULTITUDE OF FANS ARE STILL DREAMING OF THE DAY WHEN THE A.F.L. WILL FINALLY COME TO IT'S SENSES AND INVITE HER TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE GRAND FINAL.
AFTER ALL, SHE HAS ONE OF THE BEST VOICES IN THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN POPULAR MUSIC.
BORN IN BENDIGO (VICTORIA), COLLEEN IS WELL KNOWN FOR HER LOVE OF THE MIGHTY MAGPIES. SHE WAS EVEN ENGAGED TO A MAGPIE AT ONE STAGE...A PLAYER, NOT A BIRD!
BUT SHE IS EVEN BETTER KNOWN FOR HER SENSATIONAL VOICE AND HER TALENTS AS AN ACTRESS ON BOTH STAGE AND TV.
HER TV CREDITS INCLUDE MEMORABLE ROLES ON 'HOMICIDE', DIVISION 4', 'PRISONER', 'THE FLYING DOCTORS' AND NUMEROUS OTHERS, AND HER NUMEROUS STAGE PERFORMANCES HAVE INCLUDED 'PIPPIN', 'GODSPELL', 'THE BOY FROM OZ' AND 'CHICAGO'.
SHE WAS ALSO CROWNED 'TV WEEK QUEEN OF POP' TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

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SUSAN ABIGAIL SARANDON
(BORN 4/10/1946)

OSCAR WINNING ACTRESS, SUSAN SARANDON, LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE MAGPIE ARMY AS SHE WATCHES THE 'PIES AT THE M.C.G.

ALL SHE NEEDS IS JOFFA'S GOLD JACKET AND SHE WOULD LOOK SENSATIONAL AT THE NEXT ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY!
SUSAN HAS WON A BUCKETFUL OF AWARDS SINCE HER FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE BIG SCREEN BACK IN 1970.
SHE IS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR HER SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM FOR MANY PROGRESSIVE CAUSES.
AND HER EX, TIM ROBBINS, IS A MAGPIE AS WELL!

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STEPHEN ROBERT IRWIN
(BORN 22/2/1962 - DIED 4/9/2006)

CRIKEY!!!

STEVE WAS BORN OUT ESSENDON WAY SO IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT HE WOULD FOLLOW THE MIGHTY BOMBERS.

KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS 'THE CROCODILE HUNTER', STEVE WAS CO-HOST OF THE FABULOUS WILDLIFE DOCUMENTARY SERIES WITH HIS WIFE, TERRI.
HIS PASSION TOWARD THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, AND NO VISIT UP NORTH COULD EVER BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A VISIT TO THE HOME OF THE CROCODILE HUNTER...THE AUSTRALIA ZOO AT BEERWAH (QUEENSLAND).

 R.I.P. STEVE

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ANDREW MICHAEL BOGUT
(BORN 28/11/1984)

HIRDIE AND LLOYDY COULD ONLY WISH THAT THIS MAN WAS THEIR NEW RUCKMAN!

AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALLER, ANDREW BOGUT, PLAYS FOR THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION IN THE U.S.A.
THE 2.13 METRE FORWARD/CENTER WAS THE FIRST SELECTION IN THE 2005 NBA DRAFT, MAKING HIM THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN TO BE DRAFTED NUMBER ONE OVERALL.
ANDREW WAS BORN IN ENDEAVOR HILLS (VICTORIA).

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JENNIFER ANNE KEYTE
 (BORN 21/1/1960)

THE DAUGHTER OF A PHARMACIST, JENNIFER BEGAN HER MEDIA CAREER ON RADIO BACK IN 1980.

TWO YEARS LATER SHE MOVED INTO TV JOURNALISM AT ATV-0.
SHE LATER MOVED TO HSV-7 AND BECAME ENORMOUSLY POPULAR READING THE NEWS ON 'TONIGHT LIVE WITH STEVE VIZARD'.
SINCE THEN SHE HAS BEEN SEEN ON THE NINE NETWORK AND HEARD ON 3-AW, BUT IS NOW BACK AT THE SEVEN NETWORK WORKING ALONGSIDE ONE OF HER EX-BOMBER HEROES, TIM WATSON, ON CHANNEL 7 NEWS.

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THE HON. ANDREW SHARP PEACOCK, AC, GCL
 (BORN 13/2/1939)

FORMER LIBERAL POLITICIAN, ANDREW PEACOCK, WAS A MINISTER IN THREE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND ALSO HAD TWO STINTS AS OPPOSITION LEADER.

IN 1996 HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, AN APPOINTMENT THAT ENDED IN 1999.
GOOD TIMING TOO, AS HE WAS BACK HOME IN TIME TO SEE HIS BELOVED BOMBERS WIN THE 2000 PREMIERSHIP.

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JOHN HENRY MICHAEL (ROVE) McMANUS III
(BORN 21/1/1974)

IMAGINE IF HE WAS CALLED 'RUCK' McMANUS...AT LEAST HE WOULD BE TALLER!

 A POPULAR TV HOST WHO IS ALSO THE FIRST COUSIN OF FORMER DOCKERS CHAMPION, SHAUN McMANUS, ROVE HAS WON NUMEROUS LOGIE AWARDS AND IS THE OWNER OF THE SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION COMPANY 'ROVING ENTERPRISES'.

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DR. CARMEN MARY LAWRENCE
(BORN 2/3/1948)

DR. LAWRENCE MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST FEMALE PREMIER OF AN AUSTRALIAN STATE, BUT IS SHE ANY GOOD AT FIXING TORN HAMMIES?

THE FORMER PREMIER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND MEMBER FOR FREMANTLE, IS ALSO A PROMINENT SUPPORTER OF THE FREMANTLE DOCKERS AND HAS ALSO HAD THE HONOUR OF BEING THE CLUBS 'NUMBER 1 MEMBER'.

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BENJAMIN CHARLES ELTON
(BORN 3/5/1959)

LONDON-BORN COMEDIAN, PLAYWRIGHT, AUTHOR AND TELEVISION DIRECTOR, BEN ELTON, IS A WELL KNOWN AND LOVED FIGURE IN AUSTRALIA.

IN FACT HE HAS EVEN HAD A DUAL BRITISH/AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP SINCE 2004.
WHEN HE IS IN AUSTRALIA HE RESIDES IN FREMANTLE, SO IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT HE IS A DOCKERS FAN.

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HAROLD  'HAPPY' HAMMOND
(BORN 7/5/1916 - DIED 1/4/1998)

"IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?"

'HAPPY' WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO RUN THROUGH THE GEELONG BANNER BEFORE THE 1963 GRAND FINAL.
HE DID NOT GET A KICK, BUT HIS SUIT SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THE HAWTHORN PLAYERS AND THE CATS WON THE PREMIERSHIP BECAUSE OF IT!

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TV AND RADIO PERSONALITIES OF THE 50'S AND 60'S, THE FINGER-CLICKING COMEDIAN WORE ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE SUIT AND HAT COMBINATIONS THAT HAS EVER BEEN SEEN ON TV IN AUSTRALIA.

 R.I.P. 'HAPPY'

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BARRY HUGH CROCKER, OAM
(BORN 4/11/1935)

A FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE LEGEND, BARRY IS KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR HIS MAGNIFICENT VOICE AND WONDERFUL ACTING SKILLS.

HE PLAYED THE TITLE ROLE, ALONGSIDE DAME EDNA EVERAGE, IN THE POPULAR 'BARRY MACKENZIE' FILMS, PLAYED HIMSELF IN 'MURIELS WEDDING', SUNG THE ORIGINAL 'NEIGHBOURS' TV SHOW THEME, WAS 'KING OF MOOMBA' IN 1976, RECORDED WITH OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND HAS BEEN IN NUMEROUS OTHER STAGE AND SCREEN PRODUCTIONS.
HE ALSO SANG 'THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM' ON THE M.C.G. BEFORE THE 1977 DRAWN GRAND FINAL BETWEEN COLLINGWOOD AND NORTH MELBOURNE.
HIS LOVE FOR GEELONG FC SAW HIM WRITE AND RECORD 'COME ON THE CATS' BACK IN 1982 AND HE SUNG IT AT KARDINIA PARK IN THE BACK OF A MERCEDED-BENZ (PICTURE ABOVE).
HE THEN RE-RELEASED THE SONG IN 2009 TO CELEBRATE THE CLUB'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY.

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 DARYL PAUL SOMERS, OAM
BIRTH NAME - DARYL PAUL SCHULTZ
(BORN 6/8/1951)

'DAGS' BECAME FAMOUS BY FIRST CO-HOSTING A TV SHOW WITH CHAMPION COLLINGWOOD FULL-FORWARD PETER McKENNA, AND THEN A PINK OSTRICH.

THE SHOW, 'HEY HEY IT'S SATURDAY', WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR VARIETY SHOWS EVER SEEN ON AUSTRALIAN TV AND LASTED FOR 27 YEARS.
IT MADE IT'S DEBUT IN 1971, BEFORE FINISHING IN 1999, ALTHOUGH THE SHOW DID NOT SCREEN IN 1978.
 IT MADE A LONG OVERDUE COMEBACK IN 2009, WITH THE FIRST RE-UNION SPECIAL ATTRACTING OVER 3.9 MILLION VIEWERS.
DARYL IS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS.
APART FROM BEING A MULTIPLE GOLD LOGIE WINNING TV HOST AND CO-PRODUCER (LATER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OF 'HEY HEY IT'S SATURDAY', HE IS ALSO A VERY TALENTED DRUMMER, SINGER, WAS 'KING OF MOOMBA', AND HAS HOSTED NUMEROUS OTHER SHOWS INCLUDING 'DANCING WITH THE STARS', 'NEW FACES', 'BANDSTAND', 'BLANKETY BLANKS' AND OTHERS.

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GUY EDWARD PEARCE
 (BORN 5/10/1967)

BORN IN ENGLAND AND RAISED IN AUSTRALIA, GUY WAS A COMPETITIVE AMATEUR BODYBUILDER BEFORE HE BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE 'NEIGHBOURS'.

HE IS NOW A WORLD FAMOUS STAR OF STAGE AND SCREEN, AND HAS PLAYED ROLES AS DIVERSE AS A DRAG QUEEN ('PRISCILLA - QUEEN OF THE DESERT'), A DETECTIVE ('L.A. CONFIDENTIAL') AND A ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA VICTIM ('MEMENTO').
 HE IS ALSO A HUGE CATS FAN, AND IS SEEN ABOVE TALKING TO CAMERON MOONEY IN THE DRESSING ROMMS AFTER A VICTORY OVER COLLINGWOOD.

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RONALD WILLIAM CLARKE, MBE
 (BORN 21/2/1937)

HE LIT THE OLYMPIC FLAME AT THE 1956 MELBOURNE OLYMPIC GAMES, BUT NOW HE IS HELPING TO CARRY THE FLAME FOR 'THE SUNS'!

ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST KNOWN ATHLETES, RON CLARKE IS ALSO AN AUTHOR AND IS THE GOLD COAST MAYOR DURING THE GOLD COAST SUNS FC INAUGURAL YEAR IN THE A.F.L.
ALTHOUGH HIS BROTHER (JACK) AND FATHER (TOM) PLAYED WITH ESSENDON FC, RON SET OUT ON HIS OWN PATH AS A CHAMPION MIDDLE AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNER SETTING SEVENTEEN WORLD RECORDS DURING AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER.

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 HAYLEY LAUREN BATEUP
(BORN 9/1/1980)

IRONWOMAN, GLADIATOR AND PERSONAL TRAINER...HAYLEY IS ALL OF THESE, PLUS A LOT MORE!

A NATIVE OF THE GOLD COAST, HAYLEY IS POSSIBLY THE FITTEST AUSTRALIAN FEMALE ATHLETE EVER.
SHE HAS WON AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF TITLES AS A SURF-LIFESAVER/IRONWOMAN, INCLUDING MULTIPLE COOLANGATTA GOLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, AUSTRALIAN IRONWOMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS,, AUSTRALIAN BOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MANY, MANY MORE.
SHE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE MEDIA IN 2008 WHEN SHE TOOK ON THE ROLE OF 'NITRO' IN THE TV SERIES 'GLADIATOR'.
HAYLEY BECAME AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE GOLD COAST SUNS FC IN APRIL 2009.

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 BOBBY MARTINEZ
(BORN 26/5/1982)

HE IS NOT THE FIRST MEXICAN TO HAVE EVER SURFED, BUT HE IS THE FIRST EVER MEXICAN AMERICAN TO QUALIFY FOR THE WCT (WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR).

AT AN AGE WHEN MOST OF US WERE PLAYING WITH LEGO, 6 YEAR OLD BOBBY BEGAN SURFING.
 AFTER JOINING THE NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC SURFING ASSOCIATION, HE WON A RECORD SEVEN NATIONAL TITLES.
SINCE THEN HE HAS WON VARIOUS PRO TITLES AND THE WCT 'ROOKIE OF THE YEAR' IN 2006.
MORE IMPORTANTLY HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE GOLD COAST SUNS IN MARCH 2010.

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PATRICK HART CASH
(BORN 27/5/1965)

 FOOTY FANS COULD NEVER WORK OUT WHY THIS HAWK FANATIC WORE MAGPIE COLOURS ON HIS HEADBAND.

NOT ONLY WAS PAT THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO COMPETE IN A DAVIS CUP FINAL, BUT AS A JUNIOR HE WAS RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE WORLD AND HELD BOTH THE WIMBLEDON AND U.S. OPEN JUNIOR SINGLES TITLES.
HE ALSO WON THE MEN'S SINGLES TITLE AT WIMBLEDON IN 1987.
AND NOT ONLY DID HE PLAY IN THE LAST AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL PLAYED AT KOOYONG IN 1987, HE WAS ALSO A PARTICIPANT IN THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL HELD AT MELBOURNE PARK (NOW ROD LAVER ARENA) IN 1988.

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LOTE DAULAKO TUQIRI
 (BORN 23/9/1979)

IMAGINE ROBERT DIPIERDOMENICO ON ONE WING, AND THIS MAN ON THE OTHER...NOBODY WOULD DARE GET IN THEIR WAY!

BORN IN FIJI, 'THE SHARK' HAS REPRESENTED AUSTRALIA IN BOTH RUGBY LEAGUE AND UNION, PLUS HE HAS PROUDLY WORN THE FIJIAN NATIONAL COLOURS IN LEAGUE ALSO.

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 STEPHEN WILLIAM VIZARD
(BORN 6/3/1956)

STEVE VIZARD IS ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST POPULAR MEDIA PERSONALITIES.

COMEDIAN, GOLD LOGIE WINNING TV HOST AND RADIO PRESENTER ARE THE ACTIVITIES THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW HIM FOR, BUT HE IS ALSO A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, AUTHOR, PHILANTHROPIST, TV AND FILM PRODUCER AND LAWYER.
STEVE WAS ALSO THE 'AUSTRALIAN FATHER OF THE YEAR' IN 2002.

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 GRAEME 'SHIRLEY' STRACHAN
(BORN 2/1/1952 - DIED 29/8/2001)

ALTHOUGH HE FIRST CAME TO OUR ATTENTION AS THE CHEEKY, BUT TALENTED, LEAD SINGER OF THE LEGENDARY AUSSIE BAND 'SKYHOOKS', 'SHIRL THE CURL' HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST AS WELL.

LIFE AFTER 'SKYHOOKS' SAW HIS POPULARITY INCREASE TO A HIGHER LEVEL AS HE EMBARKED ON A CAREER AS A RADIO PRESENTER AND ALSO A TV PRESENTER ON SUCH SHOWS AS 'OUR HOUSE' AND THE WEEKLY LOTTO DRAW.
 BUT HIS STINT AS THE HOST OF 'SHIRL'S NEIGHBORHOOD' WOULD ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS THE BEST TV SERIES HE APPEARED IN, WITH THE POPULAR CHILDRENS SERIES WINNING HIM A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF FANS.
UNFORTUNATELY WHEN HE DIED IN A TRAGIC HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN 2001, NOT ONLY DID AUSTRALIA LOSE ONE OF IT'S MOST LOVEABLE CHARACTERS, BUT THE HAWKS ALSO LOST ONE OF THEIR MOST ONE-EYED SUPPORTERS AS WELL.

 R.I.P. SHIRL

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KYLIE ANN MINOGUE, OBE
 (BORN 28/5/1968)

THE WORLD KNOWS HER AS THE 'SINGING BUDGIE', BUT BEING A MELBOURNE SUPPORTER MAYBE KYLIE SHOULD BE KNOWN AS THE 'SINGING DEMON' INSTEAD!

MELBOURNE-BORN KYLIE MINOGUE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TALENTS AUSTRALIA HAS EVER PRODUCED, WINNING GRAMMY AWARDS, LOGIE AWARDS, BRIT AWARDS PLUS NUMEROUS GOLD AND PLATINUM RECORDS SINCE STARRING IN THE LONG-RUNNING AUSSIE SOAPIE 'NEIGHBOURS'.

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DERRYN NIGEL HINCH
 (BORN 9/2/1944)

ALSO KNOWN AS 'THE HUMAN HEADLINE' AND 'THE MOUTH FROM THE SOUTH', DERRYN IS CONTROVERSIAL, OUTSPOKEN, HATED BY MANY BUT ADMIRED BY MORE.
OH WELL...THAT'S LIFE!

A KIWI BY BIRTH, BUT NOW AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN, DERRYN IS A SUCCESSFUL RADIO ANNOUNCER, JOURNALIST, AUTHOR AND TV PERSONALITY.
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS ANTI-PAEDOPHILIA CAMPAIGNERS, HE HAS PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE OF BEING JAILED FOR 'NAMING AND SHAMING' THE SCUM WHO PREY ON INNOCENT LITTLE CHILDREN.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK OF HIM, MOST DECENT PEOPLE ADMIRE AND RESPECT HIM FOR THAT.
AND IN REAL LIFE HE IS A BEAUT BLOKE!

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NEIL MITCHELL, AO
 (BORN 21/11/1951)

FOR A MAN WHO BEGAN HIS RADIO CAREER AS A MORNING FILL-IN HOST FOR DERRYN HINCH, NEIL HAS CERTAINLY COME A LONG WAY!

HE IS NOW THE TOP RATING MORNING SHIFT ANNOUNCER IN MELBOURNE, AND HAS BEEN WITH 3-AW SINCE 1987.
 NEIL HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN A RADIO PERSONALITY THOUGH.
HE SPENT 16 YEARS AS A REPORTER, SPORTS EDITOR, COLUMNIST AND NEWS EXECUTIVE AT 'THE AGE' AND WAS ALSO ONE OF THE YOUNGEST EDITORS OF 'THE HERALD'.
NEIL HAS ALSO VENTURED ONTO OUR TV'S ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AS WELL.

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 JAMES 'JIM' KEAYS
(BORN 9/9/1946)

THIS BOY FROM THE STARS WAS NEVER UNDECIDED ABOUT WHAT FOOTY TEAM HE WOULD FOLLOW...HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DEMON!

A MEMBER OF THE ARIA HALL OF FAME, JIM HAS HAD A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY SINCE THE MID 60'S.
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGER/SONGWRITERS, JIM IS MOST READILY IDENTIFIED AS THE FRONT MAN FOR 'THE MASTERS APPRENTICES', BUT HAS ALSO HAD A SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER, WORKED AS A CORRESPONDENT FOR 'GO-SET' MAGAZINE AND ACTED ON STAGE IN THE ROCK OPERA 'TOMMY'.
HE ALSO WROTE THE BOOK 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE: THE MASTERS APPRENTICES: THE BAD BOYS OF SIXTIES ROCK'N'ROLL'
A LOVELY BLOKE WITH A VERY FUNNY SENSE OF HUMOUR, JIM AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE KARIN, HAVE RECENTLY ENDURED SOME ROTTEN STRUGGLES IN LIFE, BUT KNOWING JIM, HE WILL COME OUT OF IT BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.

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DON LANE
BIRTH NAME - MORTON DONALD ISAACSON
 (BORN 13/11/1933 - DIED 22/10/2009)

IT WAS A SAD DAY WHEN THE 'LANKY YANK' PASSED AWAY.

COMEDIAN, SINGER, RADIO ANNOUNCER, SPORTS ANNOUNCER...DON WAS ALL OF THESE, BUT HE WILL BE MAINLY REMEMBERED FOR HIS LENGTHY STINTS ON AUSTRALIAN TV AS HOST OF 'TONIGHT WITH DON LANE' AND 'THE DON LANE SHOW'.
BORN IN NEW YORK, DON WAS 'DISCOVERED' BY TCN-9 PRODUCER JOHN COLLINS AFTER A RECOMMENDATION BY WAYNE NEWTON.
THE RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS LOGIE AWARDS, INCLUDING THE GOLD LOGIE, DON WAS INDUCTED INTO THE TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS HALL OF FAME IN 2003.

 R.I.P. DON

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JOHN PETER FARNHAM, AO
(BORN 1/7/1949)

'FARNSY'...ONE OF THE NICEST AND MOST TALENTED BLOKES YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO MEET!

ALSO KNOWN AS 'THE VOICE', JOHN FARNHAM IS A BRITISH-BORN AUSTRALIAN WHO HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST LOVED AND BEST KNOWN PERFORMERS SINCE THE MID 1960'S.
HE IS THE ONLY AUSTRALIAN SINGER TO HAVE A NUMBER 1 RECORDING IN FIVE CONSECUTIVE DECADES, AND HAS ALSO ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS ON STAGE AND TV.
 JOHN WAS AWARDED THE TITLE OF 'AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR' IN 1987, WAS 'KING OF MOOMBA' IN 1972, 'TV WEEK KING OF POP' FOR EIGHT YEARS AND HAS WON A MULTITUDE OF ARIA AWARDS, 'COUNTDOWN' MUSIC AND VIDEO AWARDS, LOGIE AWARDS AND MO AWARDS.
 QUITE SIMPLY, 'FARNSY' IS AN AUSTRALIAN ICON!

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NORM THE KANGAROO
 (CREATED 1979)

NORM WAS A HUGE NORTH MELBOURNE FAN AND ALWAYS WORE HIS 'KANGAROOS' SCARF EVERYWHERE!

HE WAS BIG, WARM AND CUDDLY, BUT HE WAS VERY STRONG AND GOT THINGS WRONG.
HE WAS ALSO PART OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CHILDRENS SHOWS THAT HAS EVER BEEN ON AUSTRALIAN TV...'SHIRL'S NEIGHBORHOOD'.
NORM (PLAYED BY ACTOR DON BRIDGES) WAS HAPPILY MARRIED TO NARELLE, AND THEY HAD A SON NAMED 'LITTLE NORMIE'.

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RONALD PATRICK CASEY, AM, MBE
 (BORN 28/12/1927 - DIED 19/6/2000)

IF TED WHITTEN WAS 'MR. FOOTBALL' THEN RON CASEY WAS 'MR. SPORT'.

DURING A CAREER SPANNING 44 YEARS IN RADIO AND TV, RON BECAME ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LEADING AND MOST RESPECTED SPORTS COMMENTATORS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AUSSIE RULES, BOXING AND HARNESS RACING INDUSTRIES.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN TV RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINING IN 1956 AS THE HOST OF THE ICONIC 'WORLD OF SPORT' PROGRAM ON HSV-7, A JOB HE HELD FOR 28 YEARS.
RON WAS ALSO A SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATOR IN BOTH THE MEDIA, AND AT HIS BELOVED NORTH MELBOURNE FC WHERE HE SERVED AS BOTH PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN.
AS WELL AS BEING AN INDUCTEE OF THE 'SPORT AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME', RON WAS ALSO AN INAUGURAL INDUCTEE INTO THE 'AUSTRALIAN RULES HALL OF FAME' IN THE MEDIA CATEGORY.

 R.I.P. RON

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JAMES ANTONY BRAYSHAW
(BORN 11/5/1967)

A FORMER STATE CRICKETER FOR BOTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA, JAMES WAS ALSO A POPULAR RADIO AND TV PERSONALITY IN ADELAIDE DURING THE 1990'S.

DURING THE NEXT DECADE HE BECAME ONE OF THE COUNTRIES MOST POPULAR MEDIA PERSONALITIES HOSTING NUMEROUS RADIO AND TV SHOWS, AS WELL AS REPLACING EDDIE McGUIRE AS HOST OF 'THE FOOTY SHOW' (ALONG WITH GARRY LYON).
JAMES BROTHER, MARK, WAS A FORMER PLAYER WITH THE KANGAROOS FC AND THAT WAS ALSO THE CLUB THAT JAMES SUPPORTED.
IN 2007 HE WAS APPOINTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KANGAROOS FC AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE NAME OF THE CLUB BACK TO NORTH MELBOURNE FC, A MOVE THAT NOT ONLY WON THE RESPECT OF THOSE WHO WORE THE ROYAL BLUE & WHITE, BUT ALSO MOST OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS.

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DAVID  JAMES KOCH
(BORN 7/3/1956)

A POPULAR TV PERSONALITY, JOURNALIST AND FINANCIAL COMMENTATOR, 'KOCHIE' IS A MAN WITH MANY STRINGS TO HIS BOW.

HE HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE '10 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF ALL TIME IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY', LISTED IN THE 'TOP 50 MOST TRUSTED AUSTRALIANS', BEEN NAMED 'AUSTRALIAN FATHER OF THE YEAR' IN 2007, WAS VOTED SEXIEST MAN ALIVE IN 2006 AND HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK OF JOKES COMPILED FROM HIS 'DAILY JOKE' SEGMENT ON TV.
BUT BY FAR HIS BEST WORK WAS AS AN ELVIS IMPERSONATER ON 'ALL SAINTS' IN 2004!

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ANDRE KIRK AGASSI
(BORN 29/4/1970)

NO WONDER HE IS SMILING...HE WON STEFFI AS WELL AS THE GRAND SLAM.
THAT MEANS HE CAN PLAY ON A 'GRAF SURFACE'!

THE RETIRED AMERICAN TENNIS CHAMPION HAS WON GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENTS, OLYMPIC GOLD, DAVIS CUPS, THE TENNIS MASTERS CUP AND STEFFI GRAF'S HEART!
HE IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW MALE PLAYERS TO WIN ALL FOUR GRAND SLAM EVENTS.
ANDRE WAS INTRODUCED TO 'THE POWER' BY HIS FORMER COACH DARREN CAHILL, THE SON OF PORT ADELAIDE LEGEND JOHN CAHILL.
AND WITH A MULLET LIKE THAT, WHAT OTHER TEAM COULD HE SUPPORT?

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ARCHIBALD ALLAN SCOTT, AO, OAM
(BORN 1928 - DIED 28/10/2008)

"ALLAN SCOTT...YOU WERE WRONG!"
(QUOTE FROM PORT ADELAIDE PREMIERSHIP COACH MARK WILLIAMS - GRAND FINAL DAY, 2004)

AND ALTHOUGH 'SCOTTIE' CERTAINLY GOT IT WRONG WHEN HE DECLARED THAT 'CHOCO' WILLIAMS WOULD NEVER COACH 'THE POWER' TO A PREMIERSHIP, IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY MISTAKES HE MADE.
HE NOT ONLY BUILT A FREIGHT COMPANY TO RIVAL THE 'LINFOX' COMPANY, BUT THE MAN OWNED MOST OF MOUNT GAMBIER AS WELL, SUPPORTING NUMEROUS LOCAL SPORTING CLUBS ALONG THE WAY.

 R.I.P. ALLAN

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DENICE ANNE CHRISTINA (DENISE) DRYSDALE
 (BORN 5/12/1948)

'DING-DONG' DRYSDALE...THE MASTER OF CHICKEN IMPRESSIONS!

'DING-DONG' HAS BEEN ON AUSTRALIAN TV SCREENS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, AND DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE AGED ONE BIT.
SHE HAS WON LOGIES AND GOLD RECORDS.
SHE CAN SING, DANCE, ACT, MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH AND SHE DOES THE BEST IMPRESSION OF A CHICKEN YOU WILL EVER SEE.
 HER ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP WITH ERNIE SIGLEY WAS CLASSIC AUSSIE ENTERTAINMENT!

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MARY VERONICA HARDY
(BORN 14/10/1931 - DIED 7/1/1985)

EVEN THOUGH SHE FIRST BECAME A STAR PLAYING A MALE ROLE (PETER PAN), SHE GOT SACKED FROM GTV-9 FOR UPSTAGING MALE COMEDIANS!

MARY WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST WOMAN ON TV TO BREAK THE MOULD OF WEATHER GIRL OR BARREL GIRL AND BECOME A STAR IN HER OWN RIGHT.
AFTER GETTING THE FLICK FROM GTV-9, SHE WENT TO HSV-7 AND CO-HOSTED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL VARIETY PROGRAM OF THE 1970'S, 'THE PENTHOUSE CLUB'.
MARY WON NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HER WORK ON STAGE AND TV, INCLUDING SEVEN LOGIE AWARDS.
SHE ALSO HAD SUCCESS ON RADIO.
UNFORTUNATELY STRESS FROM WORKING IN THE MEDIA CAUSED HER TO COLLAPSE ON SET AND ENDURE MANY STAYS IN HOSPITAL.
MARY UNFORTUNATELY COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 1985, BUT WAS REMEMBERED IN A PLAY WRITTEN BY HER BROTHER, FRANK HARDY, TITLED 'MARY LIVES!'.
BUT FOR ALL THOSE WHO WERE FORTUNATE TO ENJOY HER TALENTED AD-LIBBING AND CAUSTIC SENSE OF HUMOUR, SHE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

 R.I.P. MARY

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STEVE PRICE
(BORN 13/1/1955)

THE 'ANGRY ANT' RETURNS!

AFTER SPENDING 8 YEARS IN SYDNEY, STEVE FINALLY RETURNED BACK TO WHERE HE BELONGS...MELBOURNE.
 ALTHOUGH HE IS MORE WELL KNOWN AS A TALKBACK ANNOUNCER WHO 'CALLS A SPADE A BLOODY SHOVEL', STEVE HAS HAD A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN BOTH THE PRINT MEDIA AND RADIO FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, AND IS ALSO NOW A SEMI-REGULAR FACE ON TV.

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CARSON LEE KRESSLEY
 (BORN 11/11/1969)

"I COULD DO SOOOOO MUCH WITH THOSE CUTE LITTLE YELLOW AND BLACK UNIFORMS!"

THE 'HOW TO LOOK GOOD NAKED' HOST HAD A BACKGROUND IN EQUESTRIAN SPORTS BEFORE BECOMING ONE OF THE 'FABULOUS FIVE' ON THE SMASH HIT TV PROGRAM 'QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY', GIVING FASHION ADVICE TO ORDINARY BLOKES.
CARSON HAS BEEN A REGULAR VISITOR TO AUSTRALIA SINCE ACHIEVING FAME ON THE SMALL SCREEN.

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GRAHAM CYRIL KENNEDY, AO
(BORN 15/2/1934 - DIED 25/5/2005)

THE UNDISPUTED 'KING' OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION...AND MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE BEEN A CROWS FAN!
FAAAAARK!!!...NO WAY!
HE WAS A PROUD SAINTS MAN.

WHETHER IT WAS ON TV, RADIO OR FILM, 'GRA GRA' WAS UNCHALLENGED IN ALL AREAS OF ENTERTAINMENT.HE WAS SIMPLY THE BEST TALENT THAT AUSTRALIA HAS EVER PRODUCED, AND PROBABLY WILL REMAIN THE BEST EVER!

 R.I.P. GRAHAM

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IAN (MOLLY) ALEXANDER MELDRUM, AM
(BORN 29/1/1946)

"UM...ER...UM...'CARNA MIGHTY...UM...SAINTS!"

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CRITIC, JOURNALIST, RECORD PRODUCER, MUSICAL ENTREPENEUR, MUSIC NEWS PRESENTER, ON-AIR INTERVIEWER...'MOLLY' HAS DONE IT ALL SINCE THE '60'S.
WITHOUT HIM, INTERNATIONAL AND AUSSIE ACTS SUCH AS ABBA, BLONDIE, SKYHOOKS AND THE FERRETS (TO NAME JUST A FEW) WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HEARD OF, LET ALONE ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS THAT THEY DID.
AND HE LOVES ST.KILDA FC. HE NOT ONLY HAS A LARGE SAINTS TATTOO ON HIS ARM, BUT ALSO REGULARLY PAINTS HIS FRONT FENCE WITH TRIBUTES TO THE CLUB.
HIS DEVOTION TO THE CLUB COULD NEVER BE QUESTIONED.

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SHANE KEITH WARNE
(BORN 13/9/1969)

WARNIE IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LEG SPIN BOWLER THAT THE GAME OF CRICKET HAS PRODUCED IN IT'S HISTORY.
HE IS ALSO PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS MOBILE PHONE USER AS WELL!

HE WAS SO GOOD HE WAS NAMED AS ONE OF THE FIVE GREATEST CRICKETERS OF THE CENTURY IN 2000...THE ONLY BOWLER TO BE SELECTED.
A FORMER ST.KILDA UNDER 19'S PLAYER, HE IS OFTEN SEEN AT THE CLUB WHENEVER HE IS IN AUSTRALIA.

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WILLIAM HENRY (BILL) COLLINS, OAM
 (BORN 1928 - DIED 14/6/1997)

'THE ACCURATE ONE' WAS NOT ONLY AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST RACE CALLER, HE WAS ALSO A PIONEER OF LOCAL MELBOURNE TV, APPEARING ON 'SUNNYSIDE UP', 'THE PENTHOUSE CLUB' AND 'WORLD OF SPORT'.

HE WAS A STALWART OF THE RADIO INDUSTRY BEGINNING HIS CAREER IN SALE (VICTORIA) DURING THE EARLY 1950'S, THEN  WORKED AS A RACE CALLER AT 3-DB FROM 1953 BEFORE FINISHING AT 3-UZ.
HE CALLED HIS LAST RACE ON EASTER SATURDAY IN 1988.
BILL CALLED AN ASTOUNDING 34 MELBOURNE CUPS, AND ALSO CALLED MAJOR RACES IN ENGLAND, U.S.A., SOUTH AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND, HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE.
HE WAS ALSO A COMMENTATOR AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 1956 (MELBOURNE), 1976 (MONTREAL) AND 1980 (MOSCOW).
HE WAS A LOGIE AWARD WINNER, ORDER OF AUSTRALIA RECIPIENT, AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST INDUCTEES INTO THE RACING HALL OF FAME.
BILL'S LOVE OF THE SWANS WAS EVIDENT WHEN HE BECAME CHAIRMAN OF SOUTH MELBOURNE IN 1981, GUIDING THE CLUB THROUGH ONE OF IT'S MOST DIFFICULT TIMES ASSOCIATED WITH A LACK OF ON-FIELD SUCCESS AND THE CLUBS RELOCATION TO SYDNEY.

 R.I.P. BILL

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NICOLE MARY KIDMAN, AC
(BORN 20/6/1967)

SHE HAS DONE WELL FOR SOMEONE WHO BEGAN THEIR CAREER AS A 'BMX BANDIT'!

ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ACTRESSES, HAWAIIAN-BORN NICOLE HAS WON AN ACADEMY AWARD, AND IN 2006 RECIEVED AUSTRALIA'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR, THE 'COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA (AC)'

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IAN JAMES THORPE, OAM
 (BORN 13/10/1982)

IF HE PLAYED AUSSIE RULES HE WOULD BE UNBEATABLE IN THE WET WEATHER!

'THORPEDO'S A FORMER AUSSIE FREESTYLE SWIMMER WITH MORE GOLD MEDALS AND WORLD RECORDS THAN YOU COULD COUNT.
HE WILL ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE BEST SWIMMERS IN HISTORY.

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ERNEST ASHLEY (ERNIE) DINGO
(BORN 31/7/1956)
 

ALTHOUGH ERNIE SHARES THE SAME BIRTHDAY WITH HARRY POTTER (JUST A FEW YEARS OLDER!), EVEN HE COULD NOT COME UP WITH A SPELL TO KEEP CHRIS JUDD AND BEN COUSINS AT WEST COAST!

BORN AT THE BULLARDOO CATTLE STATION IN THE MAHELENY TEGION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, ERNIE CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF AUSTRALIA'A MOST LOVED TV ACTORS AND PERSONALITIES.

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HEATH ANDREW LEDGER
(BORN 4/4/1979 - DIED 22/1/2008)

BORN AT THE SUBIACO HOSPITAL IN PERTH (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), HEATH COULD HAVE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A CHESS PLAYER (W.A. JUNIOR CHAMPION AT AGE 10!), BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON DECIDED THE LIFE OF A THESPIAN WAS FOR HIM!

UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN HE PASSED AWAY IN NEW YORK (U.S.A.), HE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE ENORMOUS POPULARITY THAT HIS PERFORMANCE AS THE JOKER IN 'THE DARK KNIGHT' WOULD BRING HIM. 
BECAUSE OF THAT PERFORMANCE HE BECAME ONLY THE SECOND PERSON TO WIN A POSTHUMOUS ACADEMY AWARD (2008 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR).
AFTER APPEARING IN TV ROLES DURING THE 1990'S, HEATH WENT ON TO MAKE NEARLY 20 MOVIES DURING HIS SHORT LIFE.

 R.I.P. HEATH.

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DAMIEN OLIVER
(BORN 22/6/1972)

POPULAR JOCKEY DAMIEN OLIVER IS A MULTIPLE WINNER OF THE MELBOURNE CUP, CAULFIELD CUP AND COX PLATE.

HIS FAMILY IS WELL KNOWN TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN AUSTRALIAN HORSE RACING.
HIS FATHER RAY, AND BROTHER JASON, WERE BOTH SUCCESSFUL JOCKEYS BUT UNFORTUNATELY BOTH WERE KILLED WHILE RIDING.
RAY WAS KILLED AT KALGOORLIE (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), AND JASON'S FALL WAS AT BELMPNT PARK RACECOURSE IN PERTH (WESTERN AUSTRALIA).
THE MOVIE 'THE CUP', STARRING STEPHEN CURRY, IS CENTRED AROUND DAMIEN'S EMOTIONAL 2002 MELBOURNE CUP VICTORY ON 'MEDIA PUZZLE'.

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 ERNEST WILLIAM SIGLEY
(BORN 2/9/1938)

PROBABLY THE MOST WELL KNOWN 'NON-PLAYING' WESTERN BULLDOGS IDENTITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB.

ERNIE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE RADIO AND TV INTERVIEWERS EVER, COMBINING HIS 'DOWN TO EARTH' MANNER AND HILARIOUS SENSE OF HUMOUR TO MAKE GUESTS FEEL AT EASE.
AND HE HAS ONE OF THE BEST LAUGHS YOU COULD EVER WISH TO HEAR!
BORN IN FOOTSCRAY, THE GOLD LOGIE WINNING PERSONALITY WAS ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING IDENTITIES ON THE AUSTRALIAN ENTERTAINMENT SCENE.

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CRAIG DAVID PARRY 
(BORN 12/1/1966)

A BIG MAN WITH A BIG SWING, CRAIG HAS HAD THE HONOUR OF BEING THE 'NUMBER 1 MEMBER' OUT WEST.

BORN IN THE WESTERN SUBURBAN CITY OF SUNSHINE, CRAIG HAS BEEN ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST GOLFERS SINCE TURNING PRO BACK IN 1986.
BUT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE HE WOULD GLADLY SWAP ALL HIS GOLFING TITLES FOR A LONG OVERDUE DOGGIES PREMIERSHIP!

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 ELMO
(CREATED 1972)

EVERYONE KNOWS ELMO, THE FIRE-ENGINE RED DYNAMO WITH THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND INFECTIOUS GIGGLE.

THE OUTGOING, CURIOUS LITTLE MONSTER IS A PERENNIAL OPTIMIST WHO'S FULL OF WONDER AS HE DISCOVERS THE WORLD WITH HIS CHILDLIKE INNOCENCE.
ELMO DISCOVERED THE WESTERN BULLDOGS BACK IN 2008, APPEARING IN A VIDEO WITH FORMER BULLDOG CAPTAIN BRAD JOHNSON, AND HE HAS BEEN A BULLDOGS FAN EVER SINCE.

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GREGORY DE MOORE
(BORN - NO D.O.B. DETAILS AVAILABLE)

GREG DE MOORE IS A CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST AT THE WESTMEAD AND BLACKTOWN HOSPITALS IN SYDNEY.

HE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS EVER WRITTEN FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF AUSSIE RULES.
THE BOOK, 'TOM WILLS - HIS SPECTACULAR RISE AND TRAGIC FALL', IS A BRILLIANTLY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SPORTING HEROES. A CRICKET CHAMPION, GENIUS AND VISIONARY WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL.
THE BOOK IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT INSIGHT INTO AUSTRALIA'S SOCIAL HISTORY.
GREG IS ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP AT 'TEAM GWS'.

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