Anthony Hudson | |
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.jpg) Hudson atSydney Showground Stadium in 2015. | |
| Born | (1971-04-10)10 April 1971 (age 54) |
| Other names | Huddo |
| Alma mater | RMIT University(BA) |
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| Children | 3 |
Anthony 'Huddo' Hudson (born 10 April 1971) is anAustralian sports commentator in television and radio. He mainly commentatesAustralian rules football. He also writes forNews Corp newspapers.[1] Hudson has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism which he earned in 1993 atRMIT University.[2]
Hudson became well known during the 1990s as a commentator for3AW Football and subsequently theSeven Network and thenNetwork Ten, where he cemented his name.
Hudson called the2002,2003,2004,2006,2007, and2011AFL grand finals forNetwork Ten.
Hudson was famous for two particular calls onNetwork Ten:
And another two on Fox Footy:
Hudson began his media career inBendigo, Victoria, on Bendigo radio station 3CCC. In 1989, he graduated high school and moved to Melbourne. where he studied journalism atRMIT University. In 1991, he began his career with3AW as a news journalist, and eventually progressed to calling the1996 AFL Grand Final.[5]
In the late 1990s, he was a football and tennis commentator for theSeven Network, but whenNetwork Ten won the AFL broadcast rights in 2001, he made the move to Ten. Hudson went on to call five grand finals for Ten. At Ten, Hudson expanded his role to football-based entertainment shows. He hostedAfter The Game, which later becameBefore The Game, from 2002 until 2005, when he decided to leave the show to concentrate on his commentary for Ten and afternoon radio show on Melbourne's1116 SEN.[6] In 2011 Hudson hostedOne HD's Thursday-night AFL show,The Game Plan.
In 2012, with Ten no longer holding the rights to the AFL,[7] Hudson moved toFox Footy, where he calls Saturday and Sunday matches and also appears in on First Crack and a podcast calledThe SuperFooty Podcast.[8] He called for SEN on a Friday night until 2022.[9]
As an avid supporter ofGeelong,[10] Hudson hosts many of the club's functions, including season launches, family days, and club best-and-fairest nights.
As of 2023, he commentates games of theBBL forFox Cricket.[11] He also returned to 3AW that year.[12]
Hudson also is a part of the Big Ant Studios video gameAFL 23, being a commentator alongside Jason Bennett,Kelli Underwood,Garry Lyon, andDaniel Harford.
As of 2025, in addition to Saturday and Sunday games, Hudson will also commentate Friday night games for Fox Footy, with the network gaining to the rights to produce its own commentary for every game.[13] This means he no longer calls Friday games for 3AW as he did the previous two season; he now calls Thursday night games for the station.[14]
Hudson is married to Eloise and has three children.[10]