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Title: |
The Red Fox |
| Sub-title: |
The Biography of Norm Smith, Legendary Melbourne Coach |
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| By (author): |
Ben Collins |
| ISBN10-13: |
1921778741 : 9781921778742 |
| Illustrations: |
b/w Photos |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
235x155mm |
| Pages: |
752 |
| Weight: |
1.010 Kg. |
| Published: |
The Slattery Media Group - February 2018 |
| List Price: |
23.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: sport : Sports training & coaching : Australian Rules football |
| Norm Smith is regarded by many as the greatest coach in the history of the Australian Football League, having transformed a battling Melbourne FC into a League heavyweight that won six premierships in 10 seasons (1955-64). In this meticulously researched monument to Smiths life -- enriched by the recollections of more than 100 people, many of whom had played with or under the Demon dictator -- author Ben Collins lays bare the man behind the legend... in all his glories and foibles. In this most captivating analysis of Smith, a portrait emerged of a frightfully hard and brutally honest coach who was ruthless in football but possessed disarming compassion away from the game. This is his story, concurrent with that of his older brother and fellow coach Len Smith, from their childhood in tough, working-class Northcote during the Depression to their status as the most in uential coaches of their generation. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Foreward; The School of Hard Knocks (1915-32); Demons (1933-38); The First Hat-trick (1939-41); 'A Worthy Lieutenant' (1939-41); The Best in the VFL (1944); Captain (1945); The Smith-Mueller Legend (1948); Coach of Fitzroy (1949-51); Home Again (1952-53); The Demon Uprising (1954); Setting Standards (1954); The Dawning of a Dynasty (1955); Champions of Australia (1955); The Finest Melbourne Side of All (1956); The Most Bitter Dissapointment (1958); Order Restored (1959); 'Put Those Shotguns Away!' (1960); The Party Animal; The End of an Era (1961); Just Off the Pace (1962)' 'We Should Have Won The Flag' (1963); The Greatest Premiership (1964); Calm Before the Storm (1965); Sacked (1965); Severed Ties (1966-68); The Saviour of South Melbourne (1969-72); A Premature End (1973)
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