''Football Inquest'' is the name of two Australian television series, which both aired in Melbourne. The first aired 1957 on

GTV-9 GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. History GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular ...

, while the second aired 1960-1974(?) on

HSV-7 HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melb ...

. There was also a South Australian version.

1957

The 1957 version was an early Australian television series which ran from 20 April 1957 to 21 September 1957 on Melbourne television station GTV-9. It was a half-hour weekly series broadcast on Saturdays at 7:30PM. Hosted by Ian Johnson, Phil Gibbs and Jack Mueller, the series featured also featured V.F.L. players. Sam Loxton was later a regular. The program was

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ...

over GTV-9 and 3KZ. Little else is known about the television program, but the radio version certainly predated the simulcast.

1960-1974

Hosted by Michael Williamson, the second version was a panel discussion series which debuted 9 April 1960. It ran for several seasons, the last aired in 1974(?) . During its first season, the series was broadcast on Saturdays at 7:00PM, competing in the time-slot against ''

Pick a Box ''Pick a Box'' was an Australian game shows that first aired on radio in 1948 until the early 1960s; subsequently, the concept transferred to TV and was broadcast from 1957 and 1971. The program was hosted by the husband and wife duo Bob and Dol ...

'' on GTV-9 and the evening news on ABV-2

South Australia

A South Australian version ran on Channel 9 in

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

in the 1960s and 1970s. Panellists included Max Hall, Ken Cunningham,

Lindsay Head Lindsay Hudson Head MBE (born 16 September 1935 in North Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was awarded three Magarey M ...

, Stan Wickham and Bo Morton.

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1957

1960-1974

South Australia

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