Acknowledgements & Sources

 

This book would not have been possible without the invaluable contribution of the following people:

 

• Darryl Window, Herman Rooding, Kate Waldmann (Darwin)
• Brian Dixon, Chris McAsey, Kevin Sheedy, Ron Barassi (Melbourne)
• Greg Everett, Bruce Parker (Canada)
• Ian Hill, Mick Sitch (Denmark)
• Matty Glynn, Sam Dixon (England)
• Troy Beard, Shane Sibraa (Japan)
• Mike Aroi, Jansci Kun, Valdon Dowiyogo, (Nauru)
• Will McKenzie, Ian Francis, Colin Tincknell (New Zealand)
• Scott Reid, David Lucas, Ekonia Peni, Thomas Gori (Papua New Guinea)
• Misa Sofara, Doug Trappett (Samoa)
• Neels Roodt, Marty Alsford, Dale Alsford (South Africa)
• Colm Cronin (Ireland)
• Paul O'Keeffe, Dean Thomas (USA)
• Ross Smith, Ed Biggs, Col Hutchinson (AFL)

 

Any mistakes are of course my own.

 

Information contained in the following texts was also of great assistance:

 

A Game of Our Own, Geoffrey Blainey
(Information Australia, 1990)

 

Australian Football the International Game? The Danish Australian Football League and the Internationalisation of Australian Football, 1989-1996, Stephen Alomes

 

Australian Rules Football, An Illustrated History, Jim Main

 

Barassi - The Life Behind the Legend, Ron Barassi & Peter McFarlane
(Simon & Schuster Australia, 1995)

 

History of Australian Rules Football - 1858 to 1958, C.C. Mullen (1958)

 

The Complete Guide to Australian Football, Ken Piesse
(Pan Macmillan Australia, 1993)

 

The New Encyclopedia of Sports, Frank G. Menke
(A.S. Barnes & Company, New York, 1947)

 

Victorian Football League Annual Reports

 

Australian Football League Annual Reports

 

Newspapers including The Age, The Australasian, The Argus, The Sporting Globe and the NT News.

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