John Christopher Casey (born 30 June 1964)[citation needed] is an Australian journalist and sports broadcaster.
He led the school band, was an athletics champion, and helped New South Wales win a national schoolboys Australian football title in the 1979 Shell Cup.
[1] Casey started writing for the Barrier Daily Truth newspaper as an 18-year-old in 1981 and upon completion of his cadetship moved to Melbourne and joined The Sun News-Pictorial where, as a general news reporter, he wrote numerous front-page stories.
[2][3][4] In 1985, Casey joined The News in Adelaide as a sports journalist and combined this role with duties for the Sunday Mail where he was chief racing sub-editor.
In 1990–91, Casey became the first ever sports journalist contracted to Channel 7's London bureau[5] and covered events such as Wimbledon tennis, British Open golf at St Andrews, FA Cup Finals, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, Formula One and Susie Maroney's epic English Channel swim.