These are some non- Footscray specific football or football related books that I have. They are not in any particular order. I have a few others but have either loaned them out or unable to find them at present.
AFL 2003 - The official statistical history of the AFL
Publication of the Australian Football League |
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Big Jack - My Sporting Life
John Elliott - Autobiography |
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Bob Rose - A Dignified Life
Steve Strevens |
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Dipper - Or just call me Dipper
Clark Forbes |
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Doug Wades Match of the Day
Doug Wade |
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Every Game Ever Played - VFL /AFL Results 1897-1993
Stephen Rodgers |
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about
Australian Rules Football but Couldn't be Bother Asking
Graeme Atkinson |
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Fitzroy
Dyson Hore-Lacy |
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Football Ltd - The Inside Story of the AFL
Gary Linnell |
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Footy in the 60's - Six games on a Saturday
Michael Roberts and Michael Winkler |
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Forever Fitzroy - A history of the Brunswick St Oval
Marc Fiddian |
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Doug Hawkins' Great Footy Joke Book
Doug Hawkins and Jim Main |
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History of the Brownlow Medal
Peter Blair with Jon Anderson |
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Home Ground - Reflections of the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2001-2002
Megan Ponsford |
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| If Ya don't Mind Umpire! - The Wildmen of Football Volume 111 |
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Like Father Like Son - Legends of AFL Football
Kevin Hillier |
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Percy: A Blues Legend - The story of the Carlton Football Club
Peter Jones autobiography with Brian Hansen |
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Centimetre Perfect
Dennis Cometti |
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Playing God - The Rise and Fall of Gary Ablett
Garry Linnell |
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Plugger - The Tony Lockett Story
Tony Lockett Autobiography with Ken Piesse |
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Ron Barassi's Football Book
Ron Barassi |
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Stan Ives Sacked Coach - Life…Football…Death
Col Davies |
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Saturday Afternoon Fever - A Footy Fan’s memoir of Life on the Outer Looking In
Matthew Hardy |
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Sheeds: A Touch of Cunning
Tom Prior and Kevin Sheedy |
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Sheeds: Pockets of Greatness
Tom Prior and Kevin Sheedy |
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Silvagni
Stephen Silvagni autobiography with Tony De Bolfo |
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The A to Z of Football - Your favourite footy stars
Jim Main and Ken Piesse |
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The Grand of Flag - The History of the Melbourne Football Club
Lynda Carroll |
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The Grand Grand Finals
George Handley |
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The Great Laurie Nash
Ned Wallish |
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The Hard Way - The Story of the Hawthorn Football Club
Harry Gordon |
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The Jack Dyer Story - The Legend of Captain Blood
Brian Hansen |
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The Kiss of Death - Memoirs of a Sporting Legend
Lew Richards and Stephen Phillips |
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The North Story - The North Melbourne Football Club
Gerard Dowling |
 Father Gerard Dowling’s thorough account of his club North Melbourne as they were known when this book was written in 1997.
Firstly I can’t claim this book as it isn’t mine having borrowed it from friends who are keen Universal Kangaroos supporters. The book belongs to Donna and her partner Glenn and they have kindly loaned it to me. Glenn, or as he is more commonly known, Snake. He acquired this name on account of his childhood hero Phil Baker #29 the original Snake Baker so Glenn has had that name for over 25 years. His mother and other relatives have done voluntary work for the Kangaroos for quite a few years so his family is quite steeped in North /Universal Kangaroos tradition
It has many photographs and is well designed with the text and pictures merging in happy harmony. Father Dowling has (similar to our history book-‘Unleashed’) happily and rightly delved into North Melbourne’s pre 1925 years. North like Footscray were a great VFA club and it would probably surprise many to learn that North Melbourne were the third team selected from the Footscray, Hawthorn, North Melbourne trio to gain entry to the VFL for 1925. Most would have assumed it was Hawthorn who pipped Prahran for the third spot, but no it was North Melbourne who were ‘lucky’ as Father Dowling describes.
There is a chapter dealing with the North Melbourne premiership players from 1975,1977 and 1996. There was a big change of personnel between the 1975 and 1977 premiership teams with only nine men appearing in both premiership victories. These players were Malcolm Blight, Arnold Briedis, Barry Cable, Gary Cowton, Brent Crosswell, David Dench, Frank Gumbleton, Ross Henshaw and Wayne Schimmelbusch.
As mentioned in the Roos and Saints chapter all North Melbourne fans should have this book.
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The Peoples Ground - The MCG
Keith Dunstan |
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The Other Side of the Medal - Memoirs of life and football
Len Thompson with Rod Nicholson |
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The Point of it All - The Story of the St Kilda Football Club
Jules Feldmann and Russell Holmesby |
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Those Magnificent Men
Michael Maplestone |
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Urge to Merge - The Power, the People, the President and the Money
Ian Ridley with John Ridley |
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VFL Finals Series 1977
Ian McDonald |
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You Can't Beat Yarraville - 100 years of Cheering for Yarraville Footballers
John Heron |
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