Michael Christian
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | August 21, 1964, Australia |
| Recruited from | East Perth (WAFL)
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| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | 1987, Collingwood vs. , at |
| Team(s) | Collingwood (1987-1995)
131 games, 23 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
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Michael Christian (born August 21, 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer, and media personality.
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), as well as hosting a breakfast program on Sport 927 with Anthony Mithen. He currently commentates football matches for Network Ten and has hosted AFL post-game analysis show The Fifth Quarter with Andrew Maher since 2004.