Tony Squires (born 22 June 1961) is an Australian media personality of radio and television and published author. He is perhaps best known as the presenter of the comic sport news show '' The Fat'', which ran on ABC television from 2000 to 2003.The Fatties: Tony Squires

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, 2003.

Career

Television

In 2000, Squires began hosting the sports show '' The Fat'', which aired on ABC television. He remained on the show during its entire run, that ended in late 2003, when it was axed. In 2004, he joined the

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to host a revamped, and retitled, sport show ''110% Tony Squires'', which only lasted one season. In 2008, he joined

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to host '' Big Mouth'', a panel show based around reality television show '' Big Brother''. The show also lasted one season, as ''Big Brother'' was axed after the 2008 series. In April 2010, Squires replaced Alex Cullen as weekday sports presenter on ''

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'' in Sydney. In August 2012, Squires was replaced by Jim Wilson. Squires is also a fill in presenter for Andrew O'Keefe on ''

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'' as well as Larry Emdur on '' The Morning Show''. In August 2012, he became a reporter on Sunday Night on Seven meaning that he no longer presents the sport on Seven News Sydney, making him the second sports presenter from the Sydney bulletin to become a ''Sunday Night'' reporter, after Alex Cullen. In 2013, he started hosting The Back Page on

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, as he currently continues to do alongside journalist Kelli Underwood.

Radio

Squires' early work in radio involved writing news bulletins for the Sydney radio station

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, and

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station 2EA. In 2005, Squires and long-time colleague

Rebecca Wilson Rebecca Louise Wilson (22 December 1961 – 7 October 2016) was an Australian sports journalist, radio and television broadcaster and personality, known for the comic television talk sports show '' The Fat'', in which she appeared regularly wit ...

(''The Fat'', ''Big Mouth'') were hired by new radio station Vega 95.3 Sydney to co-host the drive-time program. In 2007, Squires and Wilson were joined by Mikey Robins, but Wilson's retirement in September 2009 prompted Vega to stand down Squires and Robins a month later. In 2010, Tony joined

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hosting 'The Grapple' Sunday mornings from 8 am alongside

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and Mark Geyer. In 2011, Squires was appointed presenter of a new rugby program on

called 'The Ruck' on Sunday mornings from 9 am alongside Tim Horan and Matt Burke. He is also a fill in presenter on ''

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''.

Books

Squires released his book ''Cracking The Footy Codes: A beginner's guide to AFL, league, union and football'' in 2009.

Personal life

Squires grew up in Caves Beach, a suburb of

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, where he worked as a journalist for the '' Newcastle Morning Herald'' in the early 1980s. In the 1990s he wrote a regular television review column in ''

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''. Squires married his girlfriend of two years, public relations executive Kate Pascoe, on 28 November 2008. He had separated from his previous wife of twenty years, with whom he had two daughters, in 2006. Squires is a fan of the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the

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References

External links

Tony Squires official website
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