Tony Charlton later joined John Clemenger Advertising to host the London Stores Football Show and The Kia-Ora Sports Parade, broadcast on 3UZ and 3KZ respectively.
11 Facts About Tony Charlton
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In 1960 he was lured back to Channel 9, where he hosted The Tony Charlton Football Show, a program broadcast on Sunday afternoons in competition with Channel 7's World of Sport.
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Tony Charlton presented a weekly interview program on Channel 9 over a period of four years.
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The program, Interview with Tony Charlton, was broadcast nationally on Sunday nights with the subjects including British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, United States Senator Robert F Kennedy, and actor Gregory Peck.
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Tony Charlton was involved in commentary for 5 Olympic Games and 2 Commonwealth Games.
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Notable televised events that Tony Charlton hosted included the Royal Charity Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at the Sydney Opera House in 1980, a broadcast from Gallipoli for Australia Live in 1988, the VP Day 50th anniversary in 1995 and the Caltex Sports Star of the Year over a period of 30 years.
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For more than 25 years, Tony Charlton was MC for Anzac Day ceremonies at the Shrine of Remembrance.
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Tony Charlton actively supported a number of charities, including the Alfred Hospital Foundation, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Melbourne Legacy, the Australian Olympic Team fund, the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Cancer Council Victoria, the Australian War Memorial appeal, the Shrine of Remembrance restoration appeal and Odyssey House.
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Tony Charlton owned the Flight Deck on Toorak Rd in South Yarra.
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Tony Charlton died on 17 December 2012 at the age of 83 from bowel cancer.
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Tony Charlton was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1990.