Bruce McAvaney
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1,892 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 1 Jul
Bruce McAvaney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You're not going to appoint Kevin Sheedy, and he's the other still golden boy in many ways at Essendon, so
he would galvanise the club in many ways, but it would be a short-term thing.
But if he can prove to the selection committee that he can bring the team around him and he is the right man for the job, then, you know, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but I don't want them to gift it to him.
Kieran McCann running into the stadium in Melbourne.
It's hard to...
You know, you had to be there, didn't you?
I mean, it was just amazing.
And, you know, her story, of course.
But Ollie Hoare, you know, running down two world champions from the top of the straight at Birmingham, you know, to win a 1,500-metre gold medal that only Herb Elliott, you know, had been able to achieve.
Robert DiCostello in, you know, 1982, running down Gibimashanga and Chimera Kanga.
Laylene Boyle on her last legs, so to speak, but still fast last legs in 1982, winning that gold medal to equal Marjorie Jackson with seven Commonwealth Games gold medals.
The Thorpe Hall in Manchester and Susie in Kuala Lumpur, the netball, those finals against New Zealand in particular, there's long lists and
There's long lists.
And, you know, all these things sort of go through your mind.
I mean, the greatest moment probably, well, the two greatest moments, I wasn't there for.
One was Philbert Baye, you know, running from the front in 1974 and breaking the 1,500-meter world record, which, you know, no one could believe at the time.
And then, of course, the Miracle Mile in 1954.
I think, you know, part of the Commonwealth Games fame does go back to Landy.
and Bannister in that incredible race in 1954.
And, you know, Bannister had been the first to break the four-minute mile in May.
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