Kenneth George (KG) CunninghamAM (born 26 July 1939 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian radio personality, and a former cricketer and football umpire.
Cunningham was also a highly rated football umpire, officiating in four SANFL grand finals and three interstate games during his 130 games in seven years (1961-1967) at the top level.[5]
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Following his sport career, he became a TV and radio sports presenter. During the 1980s, KG hosted a 30-minute football wrap-up show on Channel 9 Adelaide called KG's Footy Show. The show was run on Saturdays during the football season and ran in the 5:30-6pm time slot. KG and guests who included players usually from the day's winning teams in the SANFL, would give their comments and show highlights of the games. KG was also the weekend sports presenter for Channel 9 news in Adelaide for over 20 years until he joined Channel 7 in 2005. For his long TV service to football, the SANFL inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2012.[5]
In the 1990 Australia Day honours Cunningham was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the media, particularly as a sporting broadcaster".[6]
He is frequently very opinionated and pro-South Australian. Because of this reputation and his mannerisms, he was often satirised by fellow broadcaster Jon Blake on a weekly comedy skit called Behind Closed Doors (also broadcast on FIVEaa). One well-known incident, which typified Cunningham's broadcast style, took place in 1998 during the Australian Football League fixture when Port Adelaide Football Club played West Coast Eagles at Football Park (now AAMI Stadium). During the match, then-Port Adelaide ruckman Darryl Poole marked the football on the goal line, entitling him to a set shot on goal, just metres from the target. Despite this, he was positioned at a difficult angle to take the shot, and was not known as a reliable kick. When Graham Cornes expressed doubts as to whether Poole would convert his shot into a goal, Cunningham exclaimed "If Darryl Poole misses this, I'll jump into the lake" (presumably the West Lakes outside of Football Park). Poole subsequently missed his shot, but despite every attempt during and after the match to make him act on his pledge, Cunningham refused, claiming it to be a "figure of speech".[citation needed]
In March 2009, Cunningham joined former Australian basketball legend Phil Smyth to host an internet sports show, "KG and the General", on australialivetv.com.[8] Cunningham and other sporting personalities lost money owed when australialivetv.com collapsed in December 2010.[9] Since January 2019,[10] Cunningham has presented Saturday Sports Show on Adelaide's 5AA with Graham Cornes.
^"Sport stars count cost of $3.3m debt from collapse of AustraliaLiveTV.com". The Advertiser. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^"KG & Cornesy returning to Fiveaa with Saturday show". Mediaweek. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources K G Cunningham news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Kenneth George KG Cunningham AM born 26 July 1939 in Adelaide South Australia is an Australian radio personality and a former cricketer and football umpire K G CunninghamPersonal informationFull nameKenneth George CunninghamBorn 1939 07 26 26 July 1939 age 84 Adelaide South AustraliaBattingLeft handedBowlingRight arm MediumDomestic team informationYearsTeam1960 61 1974 75South AustraliaCareer statisticsCompetition FC LAMatches 97 8Runs scored 5 497 180Batting average 37 14 25 71100s 50s 9 29 0 2Top score 203 87Balls bowled 4 242 261Wickets 50 10Bowling average 30 00 18 305 wickets in innings 0 010 wickets in match 0 0Best bowling 3 16 3 20Catches stumpings 66 0 Source Cricket Archive 30 March 2009 Contents 1 Sporting career 2 Media career 3 See also 4 ReferencesSporting career editCunningham had a first class cricket career from the 1960 61 to 1973 74 seasons with the South Australian state cricket team in the Sheffield Shield A left hand batsman he was part of the sides that won the Shield in 1963 64 and 1968 69 and went on to play 97 first class matches in a solid career averaging 37 with the bat 1 2 He was the SA team captain in 7 matches from 1971 to 1973 3 He toured New Zealand in 1966 67 with the Australian team captained by Les Favell 4 Cunningham was also a highly rated football umpire officiating in four SANFL grand finals and three interstate games during his 130 games in seven years 1961 1967 at the top level 5 Media career editFollowing his sport career he became a TV and radio sports presenter During the 1980s KG hosted a 30 minute football wrap up show on Channel 9 Adelaide called KG s Footy Show The show was run on Saturdays during the football season and ran in the 5 30 6pm time slot KG and guests who included players usually from the day s winning teams in the SANFL would give their comments and show highlights of the games KG was also the weekend sports presenter for Channel 9 news in Adelaide for over 20 years until he joined Channel 7 in 2005 For his long TV service to football the SANFL inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2012 5 He also co hosted the FIVEaa Sports Show from the mid 1980s until 2008 firstly with former South Australian cricket captain David Hookes and later with former SANFL player and Adelaide Crows AFL coach Graham Cornes The radio show was among Adelaide s most popular drive time shows In the 1990 Australia Day honours Cunningham was made a Member of the Order of Australia AM for service to the media particularly as a sporting broadcaster 6 Cunningham collapsed from ischaemic heart disease in October 2006 and underwent angioplasty 7 He is frequently very opinionated and pro South Australian Because of this reputation and his mannerisms he was often satirised by fellow broadcaster Jon Blake on a weekly comedy skit called Behind Closed Doors also broadcast on FIVEaa One well known incident which typified Cunningham s broadcast style took place in 1998 during the Australian Football League fixture when Port Adelaide Football Club played West Coast Eagles at Football Park now AAMI Stadium During the match then Port Adelaide ruckman Darryl Poole marked the football on the goal line entitling him to a set shot on goal just metres from the target Despite this he was positioned at a difficult angle to take the shot and was not known as a reliable kick When Graham Cornes expressed doubts as to whether Poole would convert his shot into a goal Cunningham exclaimed If Darryl Poole misses this I ll jump into the lake presumably the West Lakes outside of Football Park Poole subsequently missed his shot but despite every attempt during and after the match to make him act on his pledge Cunningham refused claiming it to be a figure of speech citation needed In March 2009 Cunningham joined former Australian basketball legend Phil Smyth to host an internet sports show KG and the General on australialivetv com 8 Cunningham and other sporting personalities lost money owed when australialivetv com collapsed in December 2010 9 Since January 2019 10 Cunningham has presented Saturday Sports Show on Adelaide s 5AA with Graham Cornes See also editList of South Australian representative cricketersReferences edit Cricinfo Players and Officials Ken Cunningham Sheffield Shield Reunion SACA 2019 p 25 Retrieved 12 September 2020 Captains SACA South Australian Cricket Association SACA Retrieved 12 September 2020 A G Wiren Australians in New Zealand 1967 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1968 pp 875 88 a b Hall of Fame Ken G Cunningham AM SANFL Retrieved 12 September 2020 Australia Day Honours Canberra Times ACT 1926 1995 26 January 1990 p 4 Retrieved 15 January 2019 AdelaideNow KG in hospital after collapse KG and the General Sport stars count cost of 3 3m debt from collapse of AustraliaLiveTV com The Advertiser Retrieved 4 December 2016 KG amp Cornesy returning to Fiveaa with Saturday show Mediaweek 25 January 2019 Retrieved 16 July 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title K G Cunningham amp oldid 1213775740, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
