Rob "Coach" Fulton

Rob "Coach" Fulton is the first person to win $1,000,000 on any Australian television show on 17 October 2005. He won the top prize on Australia's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" on the Nine Network, hosted by Eddie McGuire. He was the 601st contestant and was on the 270th and 271st episode of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". His $1,000,000 question was, "Which of these popular 60's television shows premiered first? A: "Bewitched", B: "Get Smart", C: "Hogan's Heroes", D: "I Dream of Jeannie"." The answer was "Bewitched". [cite news|title=Our first quiz show millionaire|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/first-tv-quiz-millionaire/2005/10/17/1129401202678.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2005-10-19|accessdate=2007-10-20]

He is nicknamed "Coach" because of the similarity between his name and that of former Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league coach Bob Fulton.

On a recent episode of the United States edition of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", an early question was "Rob Fulton, a resident of Sydney, was the first Million Dollar winner on what country's version of "Millionaire?" The contestant didn't hesitate and got the answer correct.

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Fulton, Rob "Coach"
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian game show contestant
DATE OF BIRTH= 11 March 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH=Australia
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