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Apparently TJ is finally leaving our screens, no longer doing the Ch 2 Sport on Weekends, probably the last of the old school commentators left.

Always thought his WAFL calls in late 80s etc were pretty good.

Yeah - Christ I'm getting old

Yeah will miss him, luved his calls during the 80's & 90's

Very memorable call of the 97 GF

TJ is and always was the consumate professional! The last of the real broadcasters who didn't feel the need to hype everything up in the commentary (radio or TV). The current batch (Ed, BT, BMc etc) are just horrible and feel the need to scream everytime something happens. I just can't take it anymore!

I usually turn off the sound if I'm watching the TV broadcast

Can someone please have a quiet word in Trevor's' ear and ask him not to.

By memory it was common knowledge that TJ managed to snag the Ethereal Caulfield / Melbourne Cup double at around 50/1 - won upwards of $200k i believe.

Sneaky 101 wrote: By memory it was common knowledge that TJ managed to snag the Ethereal Caulfield / Melbourne Cup double at around 50/1 - won upwards of $200k i believe.

His race-calling was second-to-none! He together with the Late Max Simmonds kill the race-callers we have today.

Sneaky 101 wrote: By memory it was common knowledge that TJ managed to snag the Ethereal Caulfield / Melbourne Cup double at around 50/1 - won upwards of $200k i believe.

Not sure about that, but he was a big gambler might of covered some losses, I think it cost him a marriage or two.

Roman wrote:

Sneaky 101 wrote: By memory it was common knowledge that TJ managed to snag the Ethereal Caulfield / Melbourne Cup double at around 50/1 - won upwards of $200k i believe.

His race-calling was second-to-none! He together with the Late Max Simmonds kill the race-callers we have today.

Yep, the great Max Simmonds and his TODAYS RACING segment after the Ch 2 news every Saturday night, ( followed of course by TODAYS FOOTBALL with GG etc. in a way TJ maintained the tradition of the after Saturday news sports segment following on albeit in a very scaled down version...I think it will be lost now especially as he had been there since the halcyon days of the 80s.

A good racecaller and not a bad footy commentator either.
Had a good Barney on air with Spud Slater in the call of a SD vs WP clash at Leederville one day back in around 1989 Spud of course had the “runs on the board” so to speak in regards to the expertise of having played the game at the top level, so he won that battle over TJ.