Read My Game: A life in football as told to Greg Hobbs

My Game: A life in football as told to Greg Hobbs

Allen Aylett

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Description:They say that when the tough, gutsy rover Allen Aylett went after the football, he invariably won it.Later, as president of 'poor old North', Aylett and co went after the Kangaroos' first premiership - and won it.Elevated to the VFL's top spot - the presidency - Aylett went after two main goals: an independently-administered VFL and the spreading of the football gospel nationally.The VFL Commission made true his first objective; the second is still to come but Aylett's groundwork will be remembered.This then is the autobiography of a singular man - a man with an uncompromising commitment to, and obsession for, the great game, Australian Rules.All his life Allen Aylett has made history; right from when first chosen to play for the 'Shinboners' as a fresh-faced teenager in 1952. Through North's barren years in the 1950s and 60s Aylett played his heart out for the blue and white, gained State and then All-Australian selection, won the Tassie Medal in 1958, played his 220th game for North in 1964 (a club record) but retired soon after due to injury.Elected president of North in 1971, Aylett led a charge towards fame and glory culminating in the club's first-ever flag in 1975. Under coach Ronald Dale Barassi, North become one of the success stories of the decade, winning two premierships and other hard-won victories both on and off the field.Here is Aylett's story: the bumps and bruises of his playing days, the backroom wheeling and dealing which brought North's two flags, the VFL and its long-running battles against the MCC and various State Governments, the struggle to drag the amateur-run game into the professional 1980s.Above all, this book is the confessions of a wonderful football addict.Gregg Hobbs started covering VFL football in 1958, the year Allen Aylett won the Tassie Medal. Currently The Herald's chief football writer, he has covered the game for The Age, The Sun, The Sporting Globe, Football Life and has written many books on football including official histories of the Melbourne, Richmond and Footscray Football Clubs.(Text from the back cover.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with My Game: A life in football as told to Greg Hobbs. To get started finding My Game: A life in football as told to Greg Hobbs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 261

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Sun Books

Release: 1986

ISBN: 0725105070

Description: They say that when the tough, gutsy rover Allen Aylett went after the football, he invariably won it.Later, as president of 'poor old North', Aylett and co went after the Kangaroos' first premiership - and won it.Elevated to the VFL's top spot - the presidency - Aylett went after two main goals: an independently-administered VFL and the spreading of the football gospel nationally.The VFL Commission made true his first objective; the second is still to come but Aylett's groundwork will be remembered.This then is the autobiography of a singular man - a man with an uncompromising commitment to, and obsession for, the great game, Australian Rules.All his life Allen Aylett has made history; right from when first chosen to play for the 'Shinboners' as a fresh-faced teenager in 1952. Through North's barren years in the 1950s and 60s Aylett played his heart out for the blue and white, gained State and then All-Australian selection, won the Tassie Medal in 1958, played his 220th game for North in 1964 (a club record) but retired soon after due to injury.Elected president of North in 1971, Aylett led a charge towards fame and glory culminating in the club's first-ever flag in 1975. Under coach Ronald Dale Barassi, North become one of the success stories of the decade, winning two premierships and other hard-won victories both on and off the field.Here is Aylett's story: the bumps and bruises of his playing days, the backroom wheeling and dealing which brought North's two flags, the VFL and its long-running battles against the MCC and various State Governments, the struggle to drag the amateur-run game into the professional 1980s.Above all, this book is the confessions of a wonderful football addict.Gregg Hobbs started covering VFL football in 1958, the year Allen Aylett won the Tassie Medal. Currently The Herald's chief football writer, he has covered the game for The Age, The Sun, The Sporting Globe, Football Life and has written many books on football including official histories of the Melbourne, Richmond and Footscray Football Clubs.(Text from the back cover.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with My Game: A life in football as told to Greg Hobbs. To get started finding My Game: A life in football as told to Greg Hobbs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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