Monday, August 15, 2011

If a Dad Likes Footy

Way back when your dad was a young man (or maybe even a boy) there was an Adidas TV ad which went "If A Boy Likes Footy, and A Boy Just Might!" - ask him if he remembers the tune.

If he does remember the tune, then even if he is not still playing the game, he will want to re-live some of the past glory with these great AFL books from Slattery Media Group.

KB - A Life in Football

A first-person account of Kevin Bartlett's career as a player coach, media identity and football guardian.
What was it like to play in five premiership teams in 14 years, coach a club that was flat broke and even have the laws of the game changed because of the way he played the game?

Why did he part the club amid tremendous acrimony and why did he not return for more than 15 years? And what was the story behind the lace up jumpers?  All of this and more is explained in this memoir.

The Golden Years- Stories from Hawthorn's Greatest Era

With 10 AFL premierships to its name, no club has been more successful than Hawthorn in the last 50 years. For the first time, more than 40 players, coaches and officials responsible for this fantastic era explain - in their own words - what has made Hawthorn such a great club.

Among those to be interviewed at length are John Kennedy snr, Leigh Matthews, Graham Arthur, David Parkin, Luke Hodge, Shane Crawford, Robert Dipierdomenico, John Platten, Peter Knights, Jason Dunstall and Peter Hudson.

Jock - the Story of Jock McHale, Collingwood's Greatest Coach

Collingwood has won over 15 premierships and Jock McHale was in charge for eight of them, including the four consecutive flags from 1927-1930, a feat no club has ever matched.  Author Glenn McFarlane examines the life and times of McHale, his impact on Collingwood and the game and what drove him during the 38 years he was in charge of the Magpies, a record for coaching tenure in football that is yet to be broken.

 The Grand Finals Volume 1 - 1897-1938

There is no greater prize in Australian team sport than the VFL/AFL premiership flag. Premiership players are forever recognised and their deeds of their teams long celebrated. This book, the first in a three-volume series, recounts in details the players, the officials, the matches and the other key events that shaped the premiership team every year. The Grand Finals themselves are also recounted in great detail while the key statistics for the premiership teams are also featured.

This book covers Grand Finals from the period 1897-1938 and is the first volume in a series to provide a complete view of every premiership team in every year of Australia's elite football competition.
Among the contributors are: Emma Quayle (The Age), Rohan Connolly (The Age), John Harms (The Footy Almanac), Paul Daffey (afl.com.au), Jim Main, Glenn McFarlane(Herald Sun), Michael Lovett (AFL Record) and Robert Pascoe.

These great AFL books are available online and in selected book stores.

Dad Rating



Matt
For the diehard Aussie Rules fan!

Mark
Re-live the great AFL moments.

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