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Australian Radio remembers legendary sports broadcaster David Morrow. Dean Lucan, the bar at 240 kilograms. Should he lift this, it will be gold for Australia. Up it goes, up to the shoulders and he does it with ease. He pumped out the legs. Now can he raise the arms above his head? He's fishing for gold and not tuna. I think it's gold!
He's walking around. The Tudor fisherman from Port Lincoln has won Australia's sport gold medal. For more than five decades, David Morrow's voice was the soundtrack of some of the greatest sporting moments Australia and the world has seen. Pearson is well clear. She's only got a couple to go. Pearson and Haleva. Pearson and Harper. Go on! Pearson and Haleva. My bad, thank you. Sally Pearson's got there and got there by the
David Morrow's exceptional career spanned 52 years, including 44 years of covering first grade rugby league, eight Olympic games and six Commonwealth Games.
He started as a general announcer on what was 2KM at Kempsey. Who would have ever thought when you and I were kids, Olympic Games was the epitome of sport. You'd finish up going to so many and we finished up with the best seat in the house at all those Olympic Games and we got paid to do it. Melbourne!
Robert Bolt goes through Blake Scott second 9.64 seconds it's a new Olympic record but Usain Bolt has won it comfortably is he is he right is he the best is he the greatest he's a legend he is the Muhammad Ali of 100 metre running he is the greatest David Morrow was awarded an OAM in 2005 for services to the community sport and sports broadcasting
In 2023, David was announced as the 28th inductee of the Sydney Cricket Ground Media Hall of Honour. Unbelievable stuff! That is something special. That was class with a capital C. That is tri-elemental!
80,000 in the NRL since its inception. That is one of one of the great and most memorable tries in the history of the game. In 2015, David Morrow made the move to 2GB, joining the continuous call team, where his sporting knowledge, passion and iconic sound burst through Australian radios each and every weekend. Big follow!
Oh, yes! Seymour! In he goes! The bleaching! Oh, isn't it great to see? About five metres out. Brown goes back to the right. Gutherson. Gutherson away then. And Seymour for the line. Seymour reaches out with his left arm. And I think he's got a double.
He's got a double, the big Fijian. And I think you've found a new player you love. What's your favourite cocktail? Oh, I don't know, mate. Because I'm not a cocktail drinker. Sometimes I'll have one in the morning, you know, just put a lining on my stomach. In the morning. In the morning. In the morning.
Yes, I'll have the eggs, Benedict, and the peo. Get us a fluffy duck and throw it on top of that, please. The difference between the Sheraton and the Western is the Sheraton, it doesn't have any champagne. If you go to the Western for breakfast, there's French champagne. It's a no-brainer. Oh, God.
Well, it just gets you going first thing in the morning. So what time do you have a champagne? About eight. I've been asked to make an announcement on behalf of one of my dearest colleagues and his family. I'm referring to David Morrow. About a month ago, David advised his mates on the continuous call team and the management of Nine Radio that he would be retiring immediately from all duties.
That came as a major shock. Then we found out, after a couple of serious incidents during the off-season, David had been diagnosed with brain cancer. I was very humbled by Ray and all of the incredible support I got when Ray made the announcement. And I know my kids were blown away, and so was my wife. It was amazing, the response. What we got was emails and phone calls and...
It's just, yeah, well you know how emotional I can get, mate. So, yeah, it did, it made it. All of a sudden you've been very humble. I just, I didn't think I'd done that much. But I just know that all I've done is my daughter, when she came home from holidays, wrote on a little whiteboard
to be grateful and that's what I'm really looking at life as saying I'm so grateful for everything that's happened since I left school I've been so lucky not many people can achieve what I've achieved and enjoyed what I've enjoyed we've been lucky enough in our lives to roll up to sporting events from one end of the world or the other stroll up to the doors walk in
Get up the escalators or up the lift to the best seat in the house. And guess what? Not only do we see the best sporting event, we get paid to do it. Tell me that's not something to be grateful for. Remembering legendary sports broadcaster David Morrow, OAM.
