1. Edward Joseph McGuire was born on 29 October 1964 and is an Australian television and radio presenter, journalist, Australian Football League commentator and former TV executive.
61 Facts About Eddie McGuire
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Eddie McGuire hosted Channel Nine's Millionaire Hot Seat from 2009 to 2023, Wednesday night episodes of Footy Classified, and Network 10's coverage of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
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Eddie McGuire is the former president of the Collingwood Football Club; he stood down in 2021 after criticism of his handling of a report outlining systemic racism and involvement in racism at the club.
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Eddie McGuire has worked in sports journalism, sports broadcasting and as a game show host.
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Eddie McGuire previously hosted Nine Network's The Footy Show from its first airing in March 1994 until his departure in 2006.
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Eddie McGuire returned for two years in 2017, leaving upon the show's termination in 2018, prior to its short-lived reformat.
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Eddie McGuire is a former Nine Network CEO, resigning on 30 June 2007.
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Eddie McGuire returned to commentating Friday night football in August 2007 contractually with Melbourne radio station SEN 1116, commentating one match a round.
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Eddie McGuire is a director at the Victorian Major Events Company.
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Eddie McGuire formerly hosted Triple M Melbourne's breakfast show The Hot Breakfast.
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Eddie McGuire was born one of four to parents Edward Eddie McGuire Snr.
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In 1994, Eddie McGuire became one of the hosts of the AFL version of The Footy Show.
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Eddie McGuire was initially on the show until 2005, later returning several times.
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Eddie McGuire briefly returned to the show after an 18-month hiatus in 2007 and has occasionally hosted a number of special episodes since then.
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Eddie McGuire hosted the annual Australian Logie Awards show in 2003 and 2004 and co-hosted in 2005.
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In January 2007, Eddie McGuire returned to regular hosting on the Australian version of the 1 vs 100 quiz show.
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On 9 June 2008, Eddie McGuire temporarily hosted A Current Affair while regular host Tracy Grimshaw was on leave.
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In February 2009, Eddie McGuire hosted a telethon for the victims of the Victorian bushfires.
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In early 2011, Eddie McGuire hosted another prime time quiz show, The Million Dollar Drop, lasting for only six episodes.
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Eddie McGuire then became the host of the sports-themed quiz show Between the Lines.
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Eddie McGuire's return was short-lived when the show quickly failed in the ratings, being axed by Nine after only three episodes had been aired.
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In 2012, Eddie McGuire joined Fox Footy in an AFL commentary and program panellist role, while still remaining at the Nine Network to host Millionaire Hot Seat and the station's Olympic coverage.
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In July 2017, amid poor ratings, Eddie McGuire returned to The Footy Show, replacing Craig Hutchison, alongside long-time co-host Sam Newman and Rebecca Maddern.
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In December 2018, Eddie McGuire announced that The Footy Show was to be replaced by a new format of the show in 2019.
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In June 2020, McGuire debuted an AFL radio show for American audiences called Aussie Football Rules America with Eddie McGuire accompanied by an AFL match of the week on Sirius XM satellite radio.
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On radio, Eddie McGuire has been a football radio caller at Triple M, a station which had previously concentrated on rock music.
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Eddie McGuire has written football reviews for the Melbourne-based newspaper The Herald Sun.
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On 9 February 2006, it was announced that Eddie McGuire would become the new CEO of the Nine Network, filling a vacancy created by the departure of David Gyngell in May 2005.
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Eddie McGuire came out of on-air retirement to host the event, which was broadcast as part of The AFL Footy Show.
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On one program, Eddie McGuire's required job-cuts exceeded the actual number of employees.
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Eddie McGuire recalled conversations with McGuire where the CEO had spoken of wanting to "bone" Jessica Rowe, co-host of the network's Today show.
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On 30 June 2007, Eddie McGuire resigned as CEO of the Nine Network and took on a new position in programming services as well as more on-screen roles.
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On 29 October 1998, Eddie McGuire was elected by the vote of the members as president of the Collingwood Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League.
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In July 2009, Eddie McGuire produced a coaching succession plan in which he oversaw a deal that would see the recently retired player Nathan Buckley join the club as an assistant coach under Malthouse for the 2010 and 2011 seasons before Malthouse would hand over the senior coach position to Buckley at the end of the 2011 season.
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Eddie McGuire called it "a humbling experience as a Collingwood person".
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In December 2020, Eddie McGuire announced he would step down as president at the end of the 2021 season, ending a 23-year stint at the helm of the Magpies.
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However, Eddie McGuire stood down earlier than expected in February 2021 due to ongoing pressure after the release of the Do Better report raised allegations of a racist culture at the Collingwood Football Club.
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In politics, Eddie McGuire was a prominent campaigner for Australian republicanism.
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Eddie McGuire was elected as a delegate to represent Victoria at the 1998 Constitutional Convention, which led to the ultimately unsuccessful 1999 referendum.
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Eddie McGuire is the brother of the Australian Labor politician Frank McGuire.
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In 2002, Eddie McGuire stated he would not seek sanctum in politics but that he would not say no to any future thoughts about the matter.
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Eddie McGuire was given the opportunity to represent the seat of Scullin by the Australian Labor Party in 2005; however, his business ventures were prioritised alongside Eddie McGuire becoming the then CEO of the Nine Network by 2006.
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In 2001, Eddie McGuire was awarded the Australian Sports Medal "for service to Australian Football".
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In 2005, Eddie McGuire was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the community, particularly through support for healthcare and welfare organisations, and to broadcasting".
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Eddie McGuire spent a period as a member of the Australian Government's Social Inclusion Board.
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On 8 January 2005, Eddie McGuire was on Australia's three commercial TV networks at the same time, with Andrew O'Keefe and Rove McManus, hosting a show simulcast on the networks to raise money for the 2004 Asian tsunami victims.
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In February 2020 Eddie McGuire partnered with Seven commentator Bruce McAvaney on Fox and Seven's co-coverage of the one-off 2020 AFL State of Origin Bushfire Relief match, with the match televised on the Seven Network nationally.
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On 24 May 2013, during a match at the MCG, a 13-year-old Collingwood fan racially vilified Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes by referring to him as an "ape", following which Eddie McGuire apologised to Goodes "on behalf of the Collingwood Football Club and on behalf of football".
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Eddie McGuire said that Collingwood had a zero-tolerance policy towards racism, but said that the girl did not know that what she had said was a racist slur.
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That same week, on 29 May 2013, Eddie McGuire himself made an on-air joke that Adam Goodes should promote the then-soon-to-premiere musical King Kong.
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Eddie McGuire held a press conference in which he apologised again.
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Eddie McGuire offered his resignation as Collingwood president, but the club's board expressed their support for him.
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Three years later, Eddie McGuire claimed he was on "heavy-duty painkillers" during the radio show where he made the King Kong reference.
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In June 2015, Eddie McGuire was labelled a "continual boofhead" in a motion passed by the Upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales for comments he made about an Indigenous dance performed by Goodes, who was praised as a "role model to all".
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On 29 March 2019, Eddie McGuire came under more controversy when he mocked double amputee Cynthia Banham for a pre-game coin toss prior to a match between the Sydney Swans and Adelaide.
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Eddie McGuire appeared to struggle as she tossed the coin before the match while holding her walking stick.
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Eddie McGuire apologised and stepped down from calling the Essendon vs St Kilda game for Fox Footy the following day.
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On 1 February 2021, Eddie McGuire held a 50-minute press conference to discuss allegations of systemic racism at the Collingwood Football Club after an independent report, called the "Do Better" Report, had been leaked.
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The opening remark, as well as the general tone of the entire press conference, was widely criticised as spin in order to present Collingwood as being progressive while simultaneously deflecting from the systemic racism for which, as president, Eddie McGuire has ultimate responsibility.
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Eddie McGuire was further criticised for not standing down immediately as president, instead insisting that he intended to stay until the end of 2021, saying that he wanted to ensure the changes were implemented correctly; however, this move was challenged even from within Collingwood's own supporter base.
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On 9 February 2021, after eight days of heavy media scrutiny following the press conference, Eddie McGuire resigned as president of Collingwood Football Club, with immediate effect.