Tim Watson

Tim Watson
Watson with Channel 7 in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Michael Watson
Nickname(s)	Watto
Date of birth	(1961-07-13) 13 July 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Dimboola, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Dimboola
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s)	Half-forward flank, ruck-rover
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1977–1991	Essendon	282 (307)
1992	West Coast	0 (0)
1993–1994	Essendon	25 (28)
Total		307 (335)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1983–1991	Victoria	12 76
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1999–2000	St Kilda	44 (12–31–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1985. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2000.
Career highlights
3× VFL/AFL Premiership: 1984, 1985, 1993 VFLPA MVP (Leigh Matthews Trophy): 1989 4× Essendon Best & Fairest: 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989 2 x VFL Team of the Year: 1983, 1989 Essendon captain: 1989–1991 AFC Night Series Premiership 1981, 1984 Australian Football Hall of Fame Essendon Team of the Century (Ruck Rover) Champions of Essendon: #6
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Timothy Michael Watson (born 13 July 1961) is a former AFL player for Essendon and current broadcaster for more than 30 years, with the Seven Network since 1992 & 1116 SEN radio.

After retiring from the game, he also continued working in the Australian football industry as a coach.

Watson was the fourth-youngest player ever to play in the VFL/AFL competition and made a comeback after retirement which included another premiership.^[1]

Watson is a prominent and popular sports journalist and media personality. On television he regularly appears on the Seven Network, where he presents the sport on the network's 6:00 pm Melbourne news bulletin and has a special comments role on the station's AFL football coverage.