When the club moved from Carrara on the Gold Coast, growing their fanbase, Champion became a cult figure.
He was endeared by Bears fans, was Best Clubman several times, and became a local celebrity with his Jimmy Barnes impressions.
In 1997 he was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Lions team following the Bears merger with Fitzroy.
He has presented TV’s The Great South East, the Lotto draw, and commentates the AFL for Triple M. In 2006, he appeared in the television show It Takes Two, where he was mentored by Wendy Matthews.
[2] In additional to multiple singing performances on The Footy Show, Champion went on to front the classic rock supergroup The Filthy Animals after it was formed in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.