Leith Mulligan
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Leith Mulligan (born 17 June 1973 in South Australia) is an Australian sports journalist.
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[edit] Early life/career
Born in South Australia, Mulligan grew up on his family’s vineyard in the Coonawarra wine region.
One of six children, Mulligan was determined from a young age that his chosen career would involve sport. In 1989, aged 16, he joined Channel 8 in Mt Gambier as a junior sports reporter.
[edit] Move to television
Over the next six years he worked at WIN TV in Shepparton and Wollongong. In 1995, he joined Ten News in Sydney as a sports reporter.
[edit] Nine Network
Three years later in 1998 he joined National Nine News as a sports reporter. A year later he began presenting the sports report on Nine’s weekend news, with Jo Hall. He also used fill in for the weeknight sports presenter Tony Jones throughout the year.
[edit] Foxtel
In September 2006, it was announced in The Age's Pssst column that Mulligan had signed on to Fox Sports, and Mulligan will leave his long-standing position at Nine.