Ken Sutcliffe was born on 15 November 1947 and is an Australian sporting journalist and radio and television personality.
11 Facts About Ken Sutcliffe
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Ken Sutcliffe started his radio career in 1966 in Mudgee, followed by a stint as a general announcer at 2LF Young, and began work on television as a newsreader on local station CBN-8 Orange.
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Ken Sutcliffe joined TNQ-7 in Townsville during the mid-1970s, before joining TCN-9 in 1979, appearing on World of Sport with Ron Casey.
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Ken Sutcliffe made his television debut in 1982, hosting Bedtime stories with Ken and Daz alongside Darrell Eastlake.
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Ken Sutcliffe became the main sports presenter on TCN-9 Sydney's evening news in 1988 following the departure of Mike Gibson to Ten and remained in that role until his retirement and final Nine News sports report on 8 December 2016.
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Ken Sutcliffe was a long-time host of the Nine Network's Wide World of Sports productions, initially joining the programme in 1982.
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Ken Sutcliffe hosted four Commonwealth Games for the network: Brisbane in 1982, Auckland in 1990, Kuala Lumpur in 1998, and Melbourne in 2006.
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Ken Sutcliffe hosted Rugby League Grand Finals and the State of Origin series, as well as the US Open Golf, the Pan Pacific and Olympic swimming trials plus the World Swimming Championships in Japan and the Brisbane Goodwill Games.
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On 2 November 2016, Ken Sutcliffe announced he would retire from his role as Nine News sports editor and Nine News Sydney sport presenter at the end of the year.
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Ken Sutcliffe was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the broadcast media, particularly to television".
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Ken Sutcliffe is kidnapped by Walker as the latter tries to rejoin the Commentary Team.