Robert Flower was a legend of Australian rules football and known as one of football’s true gentlemen. Flower was supremely gifted, highly effective – one-club footballer for 272 games for the Melbourne football club. Blessed with all the attributes of a born champion, Flower’s particular trademark was his almost implausible evasive ability, a skill which […]
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Ronald Barassi Jr became famous for his illustrious and somewhat legendary career by not just playing but also becoming an extremely successful coach in the VFL/ AFL between the years of 1953 and 1995. His father Ron Barassi Sr, also a an exceptional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne football club reserves, was killed […]
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Norman Walter “Norm” Smith was famous not just as a player but as also a coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, the love of the game led him towards a twenty-year coaching career. Smith is recognised as one the greatest coaches of all time […]
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