Tony Armstrong
| Tony Armstrong | |||
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Armstrong in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tony Patrick Armstrong | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Burrumbuttock, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) |
Brocklesby-Burrumbuttock (Hume Football League) Calder Cannons (TAC Cup), Assumption College Kilmore | ||
| Draft | No. 58, 2007 AFL draft, Adelaide | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008–2011 | Adelaide | 14 (0) | |
| 2012–2013 | Sydney | 15 (2) | |
| 2014–2015 | Collingwood | 6 (0) | |
| Total | 35 (2) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Tony Patrick Armstrong (born 29 September 1989) is an Australian television presenter and former professional Australian rules footballer. He played for the Adelaide Football Club, Sydney Swans, and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League, before becoming a presenter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He presented the sport for News Breakfast on both ABC TV and the ABC News channel from 2021 until October 2024. Armstrong has also hosted other ABC TV shows including A Dog's World, Great Australian Stuff, and Tony Armstrong's Extra-Ordinary Things.
For his television work, Armstrong has won the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent at the 2022 Logies and the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter at the 2023 Logies.