Michael Christian

Michael Christian

Personal information
Birth	21 August 1964 (1964-08-21) (age 47), Australia
Recruited from	East Perth (WAFL)
Height and weight	193 cm / 97 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	1987, Collingwood v. Sydney Swans, at Victoria Park
Team(s)	Collingwood (1987–1995) 131 games, 23 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1995 season
Career highlights
premiership side 1990

Michael Christian (born 21 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer and media personality from Busselton, Western Australia.

Christian played 82 games for East Perth in the WAFL from 1981 to 1986 and then crossed to Collingwood in the VFL/AFL to play out his football career. Christian would play full-back for the majority of his career, but was used sparingly as a forward. Christian would be part of the 1990 premiership side and represented Western Australia on 3 occasions.

After retiring, Christian became a football commentator, and has commentated on radio for Triple M and Geelong station K-Rock (3GL). He currently commentates football matches for Network Ten), as well as hosting the breakfast program, Prime Time Sports Interactive on Sport 927 with Angela Pippos and has hosted AFL post-game analysis show The Fifth Quarter with Andrew Maher since 2004.

Christian has also commentated on weightlifting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

External links

• Elite Sports Profile – Michael Christian
• http://www.sport927.com.au/sport927/

Persondata
Name	Christian, Michael
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Date of birth	21 August 1964
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death
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