Matthew Campbell (Australian footballer)

This article is about the former Brisbane footballer and current commentator. For the current North Melbourne footballer, see Matt Campbell (Australian footballer).

Matthew Campbell
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Campbell
Date of birth	(1964-01-30) 30 January 1964
Original team(s)	North Adelaide
Height/Weight	188 cm / 93 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987-1993	Brisbane Bears	79 (28)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993 season.

Matthew Campbell (born 30 January 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian and Australian Football Leagues (VFL/AFL) and is now an AFL match commentator for Fox Sports.^[1]

Football career

Campbell was recruited from South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club North Adelaide, and made his senior VFL debut with the Brisbane Bears in their inaugural match in 1987. Campbell made a name for himself as a quick wingman, and went on to play 79 games for the club (and kick 28 goals) between 1987 and 1993. His career highlights include being selected as goalkeeper in International Rules Tests against Ireland in 1987 and 1990.

Media career

Following his retirement from football, Campbell has worked primarily as a television sports commentator, particularly for Australian rules football, first with the Seven Network, then Fox Footy. Originally based in Brisbane, he moved to Melbourne in early 2002. Campbell has also performed as an MC at sporting events, most commonly at boxing matches, including the Anthony Mundine-Darmel Castillo fight on 2 February 2005.

In January 2006, Campbell was a replacement host on SEN 1116's Hungry for Sport program, but the closure of Fox Footy in October 2006 left him without regular TV commentary work. In 2007 he provided occasional commentary for ABC-TV telecasts of the Victorian Football League Match of the Day.

With the sudden death of friend and former colleague Clinton Grybas in early 2008, Campbell joined the Fox Sports regular AFL commentary team.

In the late 2000s he became a spokesman for online Australian sports betting agency Sportsbet.^[2]

Matt is now the main spokesman for CrownBet, used on Seven Sport's AFL broadcasts.

References

↑ "Musical chairs in TV battle for AFL supremacy". The Advertiser (News Corporation). 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
↑ Suns hot favourite for spoon

External links

Matthew Campbell's statistics from AFL Tables

Inaugural Brisbane Bears VFL team

Full-back	Peter Banfield Mark Roberts Dale Dickson

Half-back	Cameron O'Brien Steve Reynoldson Matthew Campbell

Centre	David O'Keeffe Geoff Raines Phil Walsh

Half-forward	Brenton Phillips Michael McCarthy John Fidge

Full-forward	Neil Hein Jim Edmond Mike Richardson

Ruck	Mark Mickan (c) Mark Williams Bernie Harris

Interchange	Brad Hardie Chris Waterson

Coach	Peter Knights

Brisbane Bears defeated North Melbourne 19.23 (137) to 15.14 (104), Round 1, 1987, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1987 All-Australian team

South Australia Matthew Campbell (Brisbane Bears) Andrew Jarman (North Adelaide) Bruce Lindner (Geelong) Chris McDermott (Glenelg) (Captain) Mark Naley (Carlton) John Platten (Hawthorn) Matt Rendell (Fitzroy) Andrew Rogers (Woodville) Scott Salisbury (Glenelg) Graham Cornes (Glenelg) (Coach)

Victoria Andrew Bews (Geelong) Gerard Healy (Sydney) Chris Langford (Hawthorn) Simon Madden (Essendon) Russell Morris (Hawthorn) Paul Roos (Fitzroy) Paul Salmon (Essendon) Bernard Toohey (Sydney) Greg Williams (Sydney)

Western Australia Mark Bairstow (South Fremantle) Craig Holden (Sydney) Phil Narkle (West Coast)

Australian squad – 1990 International Rules Series

Allison Anderson Bain Blakey Brown Bruns Campbell Couch Daniher Dean Frawley Gastev Hanna Jackson Loewe Malaxos McGuinness Mitchell O'Donnell Romero Salmon Smith Stephens Worsfold Wright

South Australian team – 1986 State of Origin

Aish (c) Anderson Bolton Bradley Campbell Craig Dietrich Fielke Kernahan Lindsay McDermott McGuinness Naley Parker Phillips Platten Redden Salisbury Thomas C. Williams M. Williams

Coach: Cornes

South Australian team – 1988 Bicentennial State Of Origin Carnival

Both games	Bradley Bubner Hall Hughes Jarman Johnston Kernahan Leslie Lindner McDermott (c) McGuinness McIntosh Mickan Naley Payze Platten Rogers Salisbury Stretch

vs. New South Wales	Abernethy Burgess Russell

vs. Victoria (final)	Aish Campbell Whittlesea

Coach: Cornes

Queensland team – 1991 State of Origin (Australian rules football)

Queensland 23.14 (152) defeated Victoria 15.8 (108), at The Gabba, 16 July 1991

Ashcroft Bell Bowtell Campbell Clarke Cotter Crosisca Dickfos Gibson Hardie Kenny Lawrence Lester-Smith Luhrs McIvor Merrett (c) O'Brien Phillips Potter Taylor Toppenberg Wearne

Coach: Dare

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