Bibliograph

Favourite footy yarns, from laughs & larrikins to bush legends & bad boys, Ken Piesse ; foreword by Robert Harvey

Type

Label

Favourite footy yarns, from laughs & larrikins to bush legends & bad boys, Ken Piesse ; foreword by Robert Harvey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography (pages 297-300) and index

Illustrations

portraitsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Favourite footy yarns

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Ken Piesse ; foreword by Robert Harvey

Sub title

from laughs & larrikins to bush legends & bad boys

Summary

From the signing of 'The King', Wayne Carey for a song, to the football legend's wife who proposed via a fax machine, Favourite Footy Yarns will inform, amuse and delight. The smorgasboard of tall and mostly true stories is the latest from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse and includes all the biggest names in the game from Barassi and Whitten to Roos, Dermie and Buddy. Ken's favourite interviews, memories and moments are spiced with an array of bloopers, gaffes and pranks

Target audience

adult

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Footy yarns

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