Football Legends of the Bush: Local Heroes & Big Leaguers by Ken Piesse

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages have sunned.

Football Legends of the Bush is a stirring collection of tales about the best country players who went on to the big league and the hometown heroes who stayed behind and contributed to their local teams. From Bunbury to Warragul and beyond, you'll find a smorgasbord of yarns covering stunning upsets, embarrassing blunders, staggering goal tallies and famous larrikins.

Football buff and much-published author Ken Piesse has assembled an exceptional book of facts, trivia, and anecdotes that will amuse, inform, and fascinate AFL fans everywhere—a collection of tall and true stories about country Australia Rules legends.

It covers the matches, flags, stats, and stories of iconic players such as Terry Daniher, Doug Wade, and Tim Watson, as well as ripping yarns about those who stayed back on family farms to become legends of the local leagues. (Trove)