Residence Sydney Name Mike Cockerill Nationality Australian Role Sports commentator | Citizenship Australian Occupation Football commentator | |
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Born 20 November 1960 (age 63) ( 1960-11-20 ) Adelaide, Australia | ||
Employer Fox Sports, Fairfax Media | ||
Australian soccer journalist mike cockerill died at 56
Michael Cockerill (20 November 1960 – 31 August 2017) was an investigative Australian football (soccer) journalist who wrote for Fairfax newspapers, Fox Sports and formerly C7 Sport. He was also a football pundit and match commentator and appeared regularly on the football show Fox Sports FC.
In 2011, he was inducted into the Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame.
In the moments before the Japan–Australia World Cup qualifier on 31 August 2017, Fox Sports announced that Cockerill had died from illness.
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