Former AFL player Tony Armstrong took home the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent at the 62nd TV Week Logie Awards.
The award is given to the most popular new talent in Australian television that gathered popularity during their first major television role.
The 32-year-old was promoted to ABC News Breakfast's full-time sports presenter last year.
Armstrong also co-hosted coverage of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo alongside Australian of the Year Dylan Allcot, winning the award for the Most Outstanding Sports Program.
The award winner dedicated his victory to his mother, claiming he wouldn't be in the position he is in without her support.
"She's a superstar, she's done everything for me. I wouldn't be up here without her," Armstrong said.
The former host of NITV's Yokayi Footy had previously played 35 games in the AFL for Adelaide, Collingwood and Sydney before retiring in 2015. Armstrong would continue to play for and coach Lara in the Geelong Football League until 2019, where he hung up the boots for good due to an increasingly active role in the media.
Armstrong recently made his return to footy in the local leagues, gearing up for the Barwon Heads Seagulls in the Bellarine Football League for the remainder of the 2022 season.
Also on the night, legendary sports broadcaster Bruce McAvaney was inducted into the TV Week Logies' Hall of Fame. Bruce joined recent inductees Kerry O’Brien, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Noni Hazlehurst on the prestigious list.
“I have worked with and been helped by so many talented people behind and in front of the camera... I’ve been so grateful to be there and to tell you about it,” the veteran commentator said after being inducted.
”I feel a lot of love, a lot of warmth.”
