Sam McClure (born 7 July 1991) is an Australian sports journalist who works for the

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, ''

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,''

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and

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Career

McClure began his media career at

as a broadcasting assistant in 2011, before moving into the role of a news reporter at the station and presenting a regular sports news segment alongside

Gerard Healy Gerard Healy (born 1 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator. Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the senior football captain. Gerard is a trained physiotherapist. VFL career Melbourne Dem ...

on the program ''

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''. He later became a sports writer for ''The Age'' newspaper in Melbourne. In 2015, McClure stated on

that English football club

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were interested in purchasing Australia's most supported

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club

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

, following the City Football Group's acquisition of Melbourne Heart Football Club (now Melbourne City) earlier that year, quoting that there were 'rumblings out of

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'. Both Manchester United and Melbourne Victory (via social media) stated that the rumors were false and a statement by chairman

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said this was unfounded and never occurred in any shape. In 2017, McClure moved radio networks and became a reporter on 1116 SEN breakfast program ''Garry, Tim and Hamish'', where he works alongside

Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon (born 13 September 1967) is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Since his retirement from football, he has been mai ...

Tim Watson Timothy Michael Watson (born 13 July 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After retiring from the game, he has continued working in the Australian footb ...

, and

Hamish McLachlan Hamish Angus McLachlan (born 28 August 1975) is an Australian sports broadcaster and host with Seven Sport. Since he joined the Seven Network in January 2008, he has been a host/presenter/reporter at multiple events, including being a part of ...

. McClure became a regular football reporter on the Seven Network, featuring on Saturday afternoon pre-match program ''The Kick, and'' presenting ''Footy Central,'' a Friday and Saturday post-match report. He also briefly appeared alongside Tim Watson,

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, and

Luke Darcy Luke Darcy (born 12 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL) and now works for the Seven Network and Triple M covering the AFL and the Olympics. Early life L ...

on ''

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.'' In 2021, McClure won the 2020

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for the sports news category in relation to a contentious investigative report into the Adelaide Football Club's infamous 2018 pre-season training camp. The reward was later annulled after the report was retracted.

Personal life

McClure studied a Bachelor of Media and Communications at the

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. He is the son of late sports journalist

Geoff McClure Geoff McClure (1950 – 15 March 2010) was an Australian sports journalist. McClure moved from Broken Hill to work for the Melbourne afternoon newspaper '' The Herald'' in 1969. In the early 1970s, he worked for the British '' Daily Express'' ...

, also a reporter for ''The Age''. Like his father, McClure is a

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...

supporter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McClure, Sam 1991 births Living people Australian sports journalists People educated at Xavier College