Brydon Coverdale (born 19 September 1981[1]) is an Australian television quiz program personality best known for being one of the "chasers" on The Chase Australia, where he is nicknamed "The Shark".[2]
Coverdale grew up in Camperdown in Victoria and attended Mercy Regional College.[3] In later life he moved to the city to study journalism. He is a fan of sport, particularly cricket.[4] Prior to The Chase Australia, Coverdale appeared on several other Australian quiz programs, including Million Dollar Minute where he won $307,000 in 2014. He became the first grand champion of Pass the Buck where he won $38,788 in 2002. He also won a total of $32,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, appeared on The Weakest Link in 2001, Deal or No Deal in 2005 and was a quarter-finalist on Letters and Numbers in 2011. He has also appeared on Sale of the Century and Wheel of Fortune.[5]
Coverdale also worked as a reporter and assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo, a news website exclusively for cricket, for 11 years.[6][7]
On 5 October 2013, Coverdale married Zoe in Eltham, Melbourne, Australia.[8] They have a daughter named Heidi and a son, Fletcher.[3]
Coverdale also runs a blog named DadReads, discussing children's books he has read to his children.[9]
^"Warrnambool Standard". Facebook. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^"Seven previews The Chase". Mediaweek. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ abMonique Patterson (19 September 2017). "The Chaser star is a 'Shark' by day and a dad by night". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^"The Chasers The Shark Brydon Coverdale" (PDF). Seven West Media. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^"Brydon on Channel 7's The Chase". Camperdown Chronicle. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^"Brydon Coverdale: From Camperdown to world cricket and The Chase". Fairfax Media. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^"Brydon Coverdale Assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
^"Introducing Zoe & Brydon Coverdale". Flickr. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^Coverdale, Brydon. "DadReads". Blogger. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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July 2021, when he was replaced by Larry Emdur. The series began with BrydonCoverdale, Anne Hegerty, Matt Parkinson and Issa Schultz as chasers, with Mark...
October 2022. Coverdale, Brydon (23 December 2012). "Clarke 50–50, Starc to sit out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022. Coverdale, Brydon (26 December...
game and did not play in the 4th season of Indian Premier League. BrydonCoverdale on ESPNcricinfo described him as New Zealand's best fast bowler. Bond...
six Chasers in January 2019, alongside Mark Labbett, Issa Schultz, BrydonCoverdale, Anne Hegerty and Matt Parkinson. In 2020 she appeared as one of the...
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Innings". Content-ind.cricinfo.com. 8 April 2007. Peter English and BrydonCoverdale (27 February 2008). "Hogg calls time on his career". ESPNcricinfo....
2017". ESPNcricinfo. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017. BrydonCoverdale (17 November 2015). "Five touches of Mitchcraft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved...
the competition with White unused in their two matches, Cricinfo's BrydonCoverdale lambasting Australia's belief that "the players who carry them in Test...
World Cup 2012 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013. BrydonCoverdale (2012). Western Australia name 17-man squad – ESPNcricinfo. Published...
and Chattergoon, ESPNcricinfo, 7 June 2008, retrieved 27 June 2008 BrydonCoverdale (20 June 2008), Dynamic Marshall drives Windies win, ESPNcricinfo,...
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coach of Nigeria national cricket team. He resigned in April 2022. "BrydonCoverdale meets former Sri Lanka cricketers who now live in Melbourne". "Sri...
series, The Chase, with Chasers Anne Hegerty (from the UK series), BrydonCoverdale (winner of $307,000 on Million Dollar Minute), Matt Parkinson and Issa...
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Australian cricketing great dies aged 93". ABC News. 21 August 2015. BrydonCoverdale (22 August 2015). "'A better bloke you couldn't find' - Harvey". ESPNcricinfo...
prompted tributes from various Australian figures including quiz champion BrydonCoverdale and politician Bob Katter. "YOUNG, Cary Graeme". Herald Sun. 3 January...
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