Harder than Football: League players at war

Cullen, Barbara

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AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY AFL VFL FOOTBALL
Australian servicemen have long been renowned for their unfaltering courage, sense of mateship and strength of character–the same values that are so apparent in our national game of football. In ‘Harder than football’ stories of courage, resilience and survival shine through like beacons, along with acts of bravery and sacrifice that so succinctly display the ‘Aussie spirit’. Of course, there is the odd larrikin, too, whose often humorous acts of disobedience include smoking on parade, changing pay books, ‘accidentally’ falling out of a train and ‘being improperly dressed on the line’. Within these pages you’ll find the stories of the 2494 men who played at least one senior game from 1897 to 1972 and fought for their country in every major conflict from the Boer War to the Vietnam War.
629 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm #210623 First Edition

Additional Information

AuthorCullen, Barbara
Number of pages629
PublisherSlattery Media Group
Year Published2015
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

Near Fine

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