Clint Wheeldon worked out at a young age he was not skilful enough or durable enough to make it as a professional sportsman. After spending more than a decade as a Sports reporter for a variety of Radio Stations, Channel Ten and the ABC, in 2007 he landed his dream job as a full-time commentator with ABC GRANDSTAND.
Clint’s now called almost 500 games of Australian Rules Football at venues around the nation. He’s called the past two AFL Grand Finals for Grandstand – the first WA based ABC broadcaster to be given that honour.
He’s also called Test Match Cricket, One Day Internationals and Big Bash finals.
He’s covered two Olympics, Two Commonwealth Games and Two Paralympics. He also calls A-League, Rugby Union, NRL and NBL.
On Television Clint presents Sport for ABC TV’s National Early Edition News.Clint’s won several awards – Three times he’s being named as Best Radio Caller at the Western Australia Football Media Guild awards and once as Best Television Caller.
He’s also won the WACA’s most outstanding radio broadcaster on five occasions and has twice picked up the WACA's highly prized Best Test match story.