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Football Legends of the Bush

Football Legends of the Bush

by Ken Piesse
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 27/07/2011
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Football Legends of the Bush is a stirring collection of tales about the best country players who went on to the big league and the hometown heroes who stayed behind and contributed to their local teams. From Bunbury to Warragul and beyond, you'll find a smorgasbord of yarns covering stunning upsets, embarrassing blunders, staggering goal tallies and famous larrikins. This definitive book of bush footy includes

Country teams who beat the big leaguers The most goals scored in a season Favourite football sons, region by region Match brawls and other incidents A first-gamer who was best afield with two left boots The man who could kick around corners and lots more! Football buff and much-published author Ken Piesse has assembled a truly exceptional book of facts, trivia and anecdotes that will amuse, inform and fascinate AFL fans everywhere.

ISBN:
9781742533735
9781742533735
Category:
Sports & outdoor recreation
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
27-07-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Ken Piesse

Ken Piesse has had a lifetime in sports journalism as a writer, author, commentator and publisher. He specialises on cricket and Australian Rules football – all but one of his 72 published books being on his two favourite games.

If you like sport, you're likely to have at least one of Ken Piesse’s books on your bookshelves at home. His books have sold in the tens of thousands worldwide.

Ken first worked in Melbourne newspapers in 1973 for The Age before joining the Sporting Globe as chief cricket and football writer and the Sunday Observer as sports editor.

His awards and decorations include the Victorian Cricket Association’s Media Award (1995) for a two-part series on Shane Warne, and Cricket Victoria’s Television Award (2002) for the Best Feature Story (on Cameron White). He again won the major VCA media award in 2013 for a feature on one-Test Australian player and former teammate Bryce McGain.

Ken is the president of the Australian Cricket Society

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