Jon Anderson (journalist)

Jon Anderson (born 9 August 1958) is a sports journalist with the Herald Sun newspaper, Fox Sports Australia and radio station 3AW.

Known as "Ando", he is well known for appearing in a Herald Sun segment called "At the Bar with Robbo and Ando". He also wrote a column in 1993 that publicised the nickname "FIGJAM" for Nathan Buckley.^[1]

Anderson has also written, co-written, or edited books on Mark "Jacko" Jackson,^[2] Gary Ablett Sr.,^[3] Rodney Hogg,^[4] and Brian Taylor^[5]

In April 2010, Anderson was arrested and charged for driving under the influence and careless driving after reversing his car through the back of a pizza shop. He was recorded with a blood alcohol limit of .139.^[6] Following this incident, Anderson's "At the Bar with Robbo and Ando" column was dropped.

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[1] FIGJAM tag horrified Buckley

[2] Dumb like a Fox

[3] Gary Ablett : chronicling his football career using his scrapbooks and memorabilia : an authorised portrait

[4] The whole Hogg

[5] Black and white : the Taylor diaries - 1990

[6] Journalist crashes car into pizza shop Archived 11 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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