35 Facts About Rex Hunt

Rex James Hunt was born on 7 March 1949 and is an Australian television and radio personality.

Rex Hunt has been known around the world for fishing and wildlife programs on the Seven Network and overseas stations.

Rex Hunt was a former police officer who reached the senior rank of Sergeant in Victoria Police at age 30.

Rex Hunt previously owned a restaurant, the D'lish Fish located in Port Melbourne.

Rex Hunt joined the police force as a cadet after leaving school.

Rex Hunt was recruited from Parkdale by Richmond and made his debut in the then Victorian Football League in 1968.

Rex Hunt was a key position player who was usually positioned at full-forward or centre half-forward.

Rex Hunt was part of Richmond's premiership sides in 1969 and 1973.

Rex Hunt retired from VFL football at the end of the 1978 season, but continued to play in the lower-level VFA in 1980 and 1981 with Sandringham.

Rex Hunt won the Frosty Miller Medal for kicking 110 goals in 1981.

Rex Hunt hosted Sunday morning panel shows on the Seven Network, the Sportsworld Footy Panel and I'm Rex Hunt and You're Not.

Rex Hunt announced his resignation from 3AW to join Triple M on 17 November 2009.

In 2008, Rex Hunt gave a poetic tribute to fellow commentator Clinton Grybas, who died unexpectedly at 32 years old.

Rex Hunt announced his retirement from mainstream metropolitan commentary in 2011; however, he continued as a commentator for Crocmedia's AFL coverage, calling alongside Peter Donegan.

In 2015, Rex Hunt called his 2,000th game of AFL football.

In 2017, Rex Hunt returned to 3AW as host of a new post-match talkback program.

In July 2021, Rex Hunt parted ways with 3AW after an on-air disagreement with management.

Rex Hunt is known for his fat-lady-sings impression and the build-up that surrounds it when he bellows out a tune declaring the match over.

Rex Hunt was known for "Listen to the fans", a feature he did during the 2006 and 2007 season after a player kicked a goal, when "Listen to the Band" by The Monkees was played.

In 1981, Rex Hunt was giving regular radio fishing reports and had made two videos on the subject.

Rex Hunt had a show on radio 1116 SEN hosting a fishing program called Off The Hook with son-in-law Lee Raynor.

Rex Hunt made public pronouncements regarding the "thugs in the scallop industry" and their dredging of Port Phillip Bay, describing their actions as "dizzy stuff".

In May 2004, Rex Hunt made a curious attempt to make a statement about airline security, which has been markedly increased in Australia after terrorist threats.

Rex Hunt was agitated at having to remove his pants and footwear after setting off a metal detector.

Rex Hunt then took ten metal forks from the Qantas Club and took them on board a Qantas flight from Adelaide headed for Melbourne in an attempt to prove that airport security was totally flawed.

Rex Hunt was involved in a controversial incident involving a racial slur in 2005, when he called Collingwood's Leon Davis, who is of Aboriginal descent, 'as black as a dog' during the call against Essendon mid-way through the season.

Rex Hunt made the comment when he trailed off while saying "Neon Leon hasn't lit up tonight; he's as black as a dog's guts in the night", claiming it was to describe Davis's poor form in that match in terms of a neon lights metaphor; other members of the commentary team had been using different neon lights metaphors in the same context.

The teenagers involved claim Rex Hunt was extremely intoxicated at the time and that his son had thrown the first punch.

Rex Hunt followed this by an interview with radio broadcaster Neil Mitchell on Melbourne radio 3AW.

The more public, the greater the danger and the more exciting Rex Hunt apparently found it.

Rex Hunt was sentenced to perform 100 hours unpaid community work, without conviction.

In December 2021, it was reported that Rex Hunt confronted and thwarted a would-be thief when a reporter's laptop bag was snatched during an exhibition boxing match in Melbourne.

Rex Hunt became embroiled in a high-profile hostile war of words after making a Facebook rant calling for controversial AFL Hall of Famer Wayne Carey to replace AFLW champion Daisy Pearce on Channel 7's live football coverage.

In January 2023, at 2:15 am, Rex Hunt called police after pulling over his car to the side of the road in a health emergency, where he was taken to hospital.

Rex Hunt is married to wife Lynne and has three sons and one daughter.