Career
Born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia but raised in Bruce Rock, Foreman worked in the sports media for more than 30 years. He started his career in the media when he was a journalist at the West Australian newspaper in 1972 and joined the American Broadcasting Company Sports Department in 1975. He left the American Broadcasting Company briefly to work in television for Channel 9, before taking up a position with the American Broadcasting Company in Adelaide.
He was a familiar voice throughout Australia, having commentated on American Federation of Labor-Congress football, NBL basketball and various national championships.
Foreman was appointed to become the inaugural director of the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) in 1984 and held the position for more than 17 years. In the lead up to the Sydney Olympic Games, he was involved in the development and implementation of the Olympic Athlete Program and acted as a consultant to both the Queensland and Tasmanian government with regards sports institutes being established in these states.
He retired from the WAIS in 2001 and returned to work within the American Broadcasting Company Sports Department in Perth. Foreman suffered a heart attack on 31 October 2006 and died in Perth on the afternoon of 2 November 2006 after initially being diagnosed as being stable.