Bruce McAvaney

Bruce William McAvaney, also known as Bruce McAvaney, is an Australian sports broadcaster currently working for the Seven Network. Bruce McAvaney became popular after his commentary on AFT matches after the coverage of Summer Olympic Games from 1980 to 2016.

McAvaney is married to Anne Johnson and has two children with her. McAvaney’s successful career as a sportscaster helps him earn a decent salary estimated at AU$ 94,295 annually. During his long career years, he amassed a good amount on net worth.

Bruce McAvaney Net Worth

Bruce McAvaney has been in the industry for a long period of four decades.  During his successful career in the industry, he has amassed a huge amount of net worth. On the basis of the information published in the media about his salary and possessions, it is hard to calculate his net worth.

Bruce McAvaney’s job at the Seven network helps him to earn a decent income. Just like Bruce McAvaney net worth, we cannot say for sure the exact figure of his income. But if we calculate on the basis of average income of other personalities in the field of Sportscaster the answer turns out to be nearly AU$94,295 as his salary per annum.

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Bruce McAvaney annual income gives us the faint idea of his other possessions like the house, cars, and other possessions. But since every celebrity has his own preference in terms of his possessions, it is difficult to put information related to that.

Bruce McAvaney Personal Life

Bruce McAvaney is happily married to Anne Johnson whom he met in 1993. They met each other at the making of a television show named Seasons. At their first meeting, they felt attracted to each other. Their attraction turned into companionship and soon they decided to make their relationship official and got married.

They are a happily married couple and their happiness increased with the coming of new members in their family. The couple begot two children Alexander and Sam and their presence in their life made their relationship bond even stronger.

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Bruce takes every care to make sure that the children are raised in a proper manner. He does not want them to grow in an environment which can hamper their physical and mental growths. The couple shares their responsibility towards their kids and is an example of an ideal parent.

Bruce and Anne, till date, have not shown any conflict in their relationship. They make sure that nothing ruins their happy married life. As per the report, they are not into any extra-marital affairs and they give enough space to each other and respect each other’s personal and private life.

Bruce marriage with Anne is his second marriage. Bruce first marriage was with Merry. They got married in 1983 and got divorced in 1991. There is no information regarding the issue which made them end their marriage in divorce. But whatever be the reason, Bruce is now currently happy in his marital life with Anne Johnson.

McAvaney is also active on social media sites with 10,058 followers on his official Facebook, 250 followers on his official Instagram, and 606 followers on his official Twitter profile. He keeps his followers update about his current happenings and other remarkable moments of his official and personal life.

Bruce McAvaney Early Life

Bruce McAvaney was born on 22 June 1953, in Adelaide, South Australia to Roy McAvaney and Betty McAvaney. His father was an accountant. Further details regarding his father and mother have not been documented as of yet. There are also no details about his siblings.

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Bruce McAvaney attended Woodville High School to graduate from high school. But he was unable to complete his high school academic because he failed in 12th grade. After that, he worked as a Telecom clerk for five years. During a race event, he met Kevin Miller, an Adelaide race caller who helped him to start his career at radio station 5DN where he called horse races and became a sports show host.

Bruce McAvaney Career

Bruce started to work on television in 1978 as a sports newsreader on station ADS-7 and a producer for weekly Racetrack program. In 1980 he got the opportunity to cover the Moscow Olympics for network Seven which boosted up his career.

Bruce was the chief sports presenter from 1981 to 1983 for Seven News in Adelaide. During that time he commentated on South Australian National Football League competition, SANFL Grand Final, and also hosted the Magarey Medal telecasts.

During 1983 he moved to Melbourne and started working at Ten Melbourne and in 1984 he worked as a secondary host and commentator at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics for the Ten Network. From 1985 to 1988 he hosted major sporting events such as Edinburgh Commonwealth Games in 1986, World Athletics Championship in 1987, 1988 Grand Prix athletics in Berlin, and 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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McAvaney ended his contract with Ten prematurely and returned back to Seven networks. He covered a lot of sports under the banner of Seven such as Melbourne Cup, World Athletics Championships, Motor Racing, the Australian Open Tennis, Australian Masters Golf and all Summer Olympics from Barcelona 1992 to Rio 2016. He couldn’t cover the London 2012 Olympics due to some legal issues.

Bruce McAvaney Achievements and Awards

Bruce’s dedication to his work and his remarkable performance has been appreciated by many and he has also been awarded for it. In June 2002, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sports broadcasting. Also in the same year, he was listed in the Sports Australia Hall of Fame.

I guess behind every good man there really is a racist, sexist, homophobe… pic.twitter.com/hngK8x2h7f

— Bruce McAvaney (@MrBruceMcAvaney) November 10, 2016

McAvaney was called Mr. Olympics because of the coverage he did for the Olympics from 1992 to 2016

Bruce McAvaney and Cancer

Bruce McAvaney is now living a very hard life. He is suffering from cancer and that does not allow him to give his full time to his career. He is currently undergoing treatment and we can not say for sure if he is being cured or not.

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