Tony Armstrong

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Tony Armstrong grew up in rural NSW and is a proud Gamilaroi man. He was drafted straight out of school to the Adelaide Crows, before moving to Sydney to play alongside his childhood hero, Adam Goodes. After two years with the Swans he transferred to Collingwood, where he played out his football career. In 2019, Tony became the first Indigenous person to call live-action Aussie Rules football on commercial radio. He also appeared on The Marngrook Footy Show and became a regular panellist on the online panel show The Colour of Your Jumper. Tony also hosted football chat show Yokayi Footy, co-produced by the AFL and NITV. Tony joined the ABC in 2020, presenting sport on the ABC News channel and commentating for Grandstand AFL on ABC Sport, as well as presenting the summer series of Offsiders in January 2021. As well as being a rising star in Australian sports media, Tony is a talented writer/creator and he is currently developing a slate of television projects. In 2022 Tony was the recipient of the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent at the 2022 Logie Awards.