Bruce McAvaney Age, Education, Dance, Net Worth, Wife, Children, Twitter

Who is Bruce McAvaney?

The Australian sports broadcaster, Bruce William McAvaney is known for his commentary of AFL matches as well as covering every Summer Olympic Games from Moscow. He is also famous for presenting high-profile events including the AFL Grand Final, Melbourne Cup, etc.

Bruce McAvaney Age and Education

The famous sports broadcaster, Bruce McAvaney was born on 22 June 1953, in Adelaide, South Australia. Likewise, he was the son of Roy McAvaney and Betty McAvaney whereas his father was an accountant. However, there are no further details regarding his parents and his siblings.

Similarly, he attended Woodville High School to graduate his high school education, however, he failed in 12th grade. Later, he worked as a Telecom clerk for five years. He met Kevin Miller during a race event who is an Adelaide race caller who helped him to start his radio station career where he called horse races and became a sports host.

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Bruce McAvaney  Dance, Career, and Net Worth

In the year 1978, Bruce McAvaney started working on television as a sports newsreader on station ADS-7 and also as a producer for the weekly Racetrack program. Similarly, in 1980, he got the chance to cover the Moscow Olympics for network Seven which boosted up his career. In Adelaide, he was the chief sports presenter from 1981 to 1983.

Furthermore, he commentated on the South Australian National Football League competition, SANFL Grand Final, and also hosted the Magarey Medal telecasts. He moved to Melbourne during 1983 and started working at Ten Melbourne. Likewise, I worked as a secondary host and commentator at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics for Ten Network.

Due to the hard work and dedication of Bruce, he is appreciated by many and in June 2002, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sports broadcasting. Also, he was called Mr.Olympics due to the coverage he did for the Olympics from 1992 to 2016. Due to his successful career, he has a net worth of 14 to 16 million Australian dollars. The estimated net worth of Bruce was $10 million as per 2022.

Bruce McAvaney Wife and Children

Bruce McAvaney married Anne Johnson whom he met in 1993. Previously, he married a woman named Merry in the year 1983 however their relationship did not last more than eight years. Therefore, they divorced in 1991 and after two years he found his soulmate.

Moreover, he and Anne met each other while making the television program Seasons in 1993 and they fell in love. Likewise, they married and they have two children. The eldest child is Sam and the youngest is Alexandra.

What are the Rumors and Controversy about Bruce McAvaney?

Bruce McAvaney is suffering from cancer due to which he is not allowed to give his full time to his career. He is currently undergoing treatment and there is no news about the treatment and cure of his cancer. Similarly, he had rumors about being gay due to his unique style. However, he is a straight man. Rather than that, there are no rumors or controversy about Bruce.

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Bruce McAvaney Body Measurements

Bruce McAvaney is a handsome man with tall height and a great body. He has grey color hair and blue eyes. But there is no information about his height and weight.

Bruce McAvaney Twitter and Social Media

Bruce McAvaney is active on social media as he has 261 followers on Instagram and has only one post up to now, however, he has 10k followers on Facebook. Now Talking about his Twitter account, he does not have a Twitter account.

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