Glenn McFarlane

The first biography of the eight-time premiership coach is comprehensive in scope. McHale’s early life and family background is explored along with a detailed examination of his very significant playing career before an exploration of his 37 year coaching career.

A revised and slightly expanded version of the 1999 edition.

This beautiful book is a superb chronicle of Collingwood’s association with its home ground at Victoria Park. Rare photos and an intelligent, well-informed text, help to evoke a now bygone era in the history of the game.

Review by Lionel Frost.

The Collingwood teams of 1927-1930 that won four successive VFL premierships achieved a record yet to be matched in VFL/AFL history. This book from well-known Collingwood historians McFarlane and Roberts tells the story behind this era and looks at the dramas, scandals and tragedy that surrounded this impressive winning streak.