A brief look at women’s roles in the history of the VFL and AFL competition. The recollections of pioneering female football journalist Corrie Perkin on her year spent covering VFL football for the Age newspaper in 1981 are a particularly interesting part of this piece.
A detailed and illustrated record of the players, officials, matches and other key events that shaped the VFL premiership team every year. Followed in 2012 by Volume 2 which covers 1939-1978.
A beautifully presented record of Essendon's 16 VFL/AFL premiership seasons. Each of the premiership seasons is covered by 4 pages of text and images. Each of these season summaries contains a one page season summary, followed by statistics for the season, club award winners for that season, a full team list, the premiership team sheet, a team photo, some individual photos and images of memorabilia. Other sections in the book include a section by Jim Main on Essendon's premiership successes, a 'close calls' section which is a snapshot of Essendon's near misses in Grand Finals and a premierships all-star team selection, with brief comments on each player selected in this all-star selection. . A feature of this book is good design, superb photos, succinct but informative text, and a judicious selection of statistics. A real treat of a book for Essendon fans who have a rich football heritage and an unsurpassed record of premiership success.… (más)
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