Sandy Roberts Biography
Sandy Roberts is a veteran sports presenter and analyst who previously worked for Fox Sports Australia and Crocmedia on television and radio. He was a Seven Network star for four decades, most notably as a host of the Seven Sport Olympics for more than 20 years.
How old is Sandy Roberts? – Age
He is 73 years old as of 22 February 2023. He was born in 1950 in Lucindale, Australia.
Sandy Roberts Husband
Roberts is married to Carolyn, a former Vice President of the worldwide sports management firm IMG, and the couple has a son named Angus. A previous marriage ended in divorce after the death of a 15-year-old son from that marriage. Ben is another son from his first marriage. Ben is married to Jane, with whom he has three daughters.
Sandy Roberts Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Sandy Roberts Illness
Roberts revealed in May 2023 that he was diagnosed with the blood malignancy multiple myeloma in May 2022. He is now a Myeloma Australia ambassador.
Sandy Roberts Career
After a brief stint as a copyboy for the Adelaide News, Roberts started his career at Perth radio station 6PM. After that, Roberts spent two years traveling extensively throughout Europe before returning to Australia and working as an announcer for Radio 3CS Colac. He became a newscaster at the Bendigo-based television station BCV8-TV in 1971. He then worked as a general announcer and presenter for the Seven Network in Adelaide in 1973.
Roberts moved to Melbourne to work for the Seven Network in Melbourne after being asked to be one of the commentators for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Roberts was a commentator for more than 700 Australian Football League (AFL) games while working for the Seven Network. Roberts also provided commentary on numerous major golf tournaments, including the Australian Open, the Spring Racing Carnival, and NBL games. He has also covered numerous Winter Olympic Games and every Summer Olympic Games from Moscow 1980 to Beijing 2008, including Sydney 2000.
Roberts was the host of the Bathurst 1000 coverage four times for the Seven Network: in 1991, 1993, 1994 and the 1997 Super Visiting 1000. Roberts, along with Dennis Cometti, was a commentator for the famous 1993 AFL match between Sydney and St Kilda, in which a Sydney player released a pig with the number 4 and the nickname “Pluga” spray-painted on it (in reference to Tony Lockett, a player for St Kilda at the time). Roberts’ account of the incident, in which he exclaimed, ” “A pig is in full-forward!”
Roberts joined Seven News Melbourne in January 2005 after Beverley O’Connor left. Roberts also hosted the game shows It’s Academic and The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime and contributed annually to Seven’s Good Friday Appeal telecast. Despite his impressive resume, Roberts is often remembered for introducing Miss Australia 1981 as “Leanne Cock” at a Mount Gambier Cup meeting. Ironically, Dick changed his married name to Cockerill).
Toward the beginning of February 2013, Roberts was the subject of media hypothesis that he was passing on the Seven Organization to work at another channel, Fox Footy. After 40 years with Seven in Melbourne and Adelaide, Roberts announced in November 2013 that he would be joining Fox Footy as a host and commentator. Tim Watson had Roberts’ spot as the work day sports newsreader. Roberts finished reading sports news on November 29th, 2013, and he finished hosting the Australian Open golf tournament for Seven on December 1st, 2013. In 2018, Roberts left television.
