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Des Hoysted

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}Des Hoysted (1923{{spaced ndash}}25 March 2010) was an Australian radio broadcaster and horse racing identity. He was a racecaller for 51 years in what is widely regarded as the golden era of the Australian turf.^[1]

Hoysted called his first race on Boxing Day in 1948 at Wodonga, Victoria,^[2] and then joined the ABC in Melbourne as an understudy to Joe Brown. He moved to 2GB in 1952, but made his mark in 1959 when he joined 2UE.^[3] He called 20 Melbourne Cups for 2UE and only finished there when the radio station ceased broadcasting the races in 1983.^[4]

For many years, Hoysted continued to work around Sydney racetracks, mainly as a broadcast advisor, bon vivant, and tent tipper.^[5] He unofficially retired from the track in 2001.^[6]

He died at the age of 87, on 25 March 2010 in a Sydney nursing home, survived by his wife, Pat, and children Raymond and Joanne.

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1. ^Herald Sun {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120910174528/http://www.superracing.com.au/heraldsun/story/Des-Hoysted-dies-aged-84/13251 |date=10 September 2012 }}
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3 : Australian racecallers|1923 births|2010 deaths

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