Sandy Roberts
| Sandy Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 February 1950 Lucindale, South Australia Australia |
| Occupation | Sport Presenter & Commentator |
| Years active | 1980 - present |
| Employer | Fox Footy, Crocmedia |
| Parent(s) | Peter Roberts, Nancy Roberts |
Sandy Roberts (born 22 February 1950) is a sports presenter and commentator currently calling Australian rules football on television for Fox Footy and radio with Crocmedia.
Roberts' career started at Perth radio station 6PM, after a short stint as a copyboy for the Adelaide News. Roberts then travelled extensively throughout Europe for two years, before returning to Australia, where he joined Radio 3CS Colac as an announcer. In 1971, he switched to television station BCV8-TV in Bendigo as a news presenter. He later joined the Seven Network in Adelaide in 1973 as a general announcer and presenter.
In 1980 Roberts was asked to be one of the commentators for the 1980 Moscow Olympics telecast after which Roberts moved to Melbourne to work for the Seven Network in Melbourne.
In his time with the Seven Network, Roberts commentated over 700 Australian Football League (AFL) games. Roberts also commentated on NBL games, the Australian Open, the Spring Racing Carnival and many major golf tournaments. He has also been involved in the coverage of every Summer Olympic Games from Moscow 1980 to Beijing 2008, including Sydney 2000 as well as many Winter Olympic Games.
Alongside Dennis Cometti, Roberts was a commentator during the famous AFL match between Sydney and St Kilda in 1993, when a pig was released onto the ground by a Sydney member with a number 4 and the nickname "Pluga" spray painted onto it (in reference to then St Kilda player Tony Lockett). Roberts became famous for his call of the incident saying "There's a pig at full-forward"
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