Barassi: The Biography - Couverture rigide

Lalor, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1741752124 ISBN 13 : 9781741752120

Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 2010

Synopsis

Long before Ronald Dale Barassi played his first match of Australian rules football, he'd already made a significant impact on the game. At the age of five his soldier father was killed at Tobruk, and so great was the footy fraternity's respect for the Barassi family, that several years later the father/son rule was introduced. Innovative, creative, visionary, and ferociously tenacious, Ron's achievements are legendary. As a champion player he is credited with having all but invented the position of ruck rover and as a premiership coach he is said to have revolutionized the use of handball. He was also one of the first (and certainly one of the loudest) to push for fully nationalizing the game. But as integral as Ron Barassi is to football, he is quick to point out that, "It was never my life." Now for the first time Barassi tells his story?the whole story?in his own words. Barassi goes behind the legend to reveal the devoted family man, the dabbler in the arts, the champion for disadvantaged kids, and the tale of a fatherless boy who was determined to make his own way in the world. Barassi is a wonderfully warm, astonishingly self-deprecating, and deeply personal portrait of an Australian sporting legend.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Lalor is an award-winning author and journalist. Now a senior sports writer with The Australian, he has contributed articles to The Weekend Australian Magazine, Rolling Stone, Black + White Magazine, Luxury Travel and a number of books and international publications. In his two decades as a journalist he has covered numerous major stories including the Bali bombings, the Hoddle St massacre, the Tampa crisis, the Sydney and Athens Olympics and countless Australian cricket team tours. His first book, Blood Stain became an instant bestseller and won the 2003 Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime Writing and is the subject of a Discovery Channel documentary. He is also the author of The Bridge, a definitive history of Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen & Unwin
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1741752124
• ISBN 13: 9781741752120
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible