Stephen William Quartermain was born on 7 May 1962 and is an Australian television personality, journalist and presenter.
19 Facts About Stephen Quartermain
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Stephen Quartermain began his career as a cadet journalist with Leader Newspapers in January 1980.
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Stephen Quartermain then joined the ABC in 1982, where he worked as a radio and television journalist, covering general news, politics, police rounds, finance, industrial affairs and sport.
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In December 1984, Stephen Quartermain joined Network 10 where, during the 1980s, he was sports commentator for the National Basketball League and he covered events such as the Seoul Olympics, Wimbledon, The Ashes and the world gymnastics championships.
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Stephen Quartermain was a member of the "Eyewitness News Team".
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Stephen Quartermain covered Commonwealth games, the Sydney Olympics and other special sporting events including AFL, Rugby League, Basketball and Swimming.
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Stephen Quartermain hosted five Brownlow Medal ceremony presentations, hosted and called eight AFL Grand Finals until Network Ten lost the football rights at the end of the 2011 season.
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In December 2013, after presenting the main news bulletin for two days per week for some months, Stephen Quartermain replaced Walden and became the full-time presenter of Ten Eyewitness News Melbourne.
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Stephen Quartermain was an occasional fill-in host on morning show, 9am with David and Kim.
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Stephen Quartermain is a member of the MCG Media Hall of Fame and a life member of the Australian Football Media Association.
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In May 2018, Stephen Quartermain was replaced by former Seven News Melbourne Friday-Saturday presenter Jennifer Keyte as presenter of 10 News First Melbourne.
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Stephen Quartermain began his AFL radio commentary career at Magic in 1995 before joining Triple M, where he worked from 1997 to 2011.
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In 2013, Stephen Quartermain joined radio station 3AW as an AFL commentator but left at the end of the season following his appointment as the chief news presenter at Network Ten Melbourne.
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In 2017, Stephen Quartermain replaced Rex Hunt as a caller for Crocmedia.
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Stephen Quartermain grew up in Melbourne's outer east and attended Norwood Secondary College in Ringwood.
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Stephen Quartermain was married to then Keno presenter Julie Stephen Quartermain from 1992 until their divorce in 2000.
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Stephen Quartermain married again in 2003 to Paige, and has a son from his first marriage and a daughter from his second marriage.
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Stephen Quartermain is a supporter of the Hawthorn Football Club.
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Stephen Quartermain's brother, Glen, is the sports editor for The Sunday Times and is a sport reporter for The West Australian in Perth.