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Australian Football Hall of Fame
Australian Rules Football
Author_Xavier Fowler
Bob Pratt
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Conflict in football
Control of football
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Football history
Impact on Australian football
Inner-city clubs
Jack Dyer
Laurie Nash
Melbourne outer suburbs
Off-field conflict
Outer suburbs clubs
Personal rivalries
Pre-Second World War football
Rival factions
Ron Todd
Supremacy battle
Victorian Football Association (VFA)
Victorian Football League (VFL)
Product details
- ISBN 9780522880076
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 24 Sep 2024
- Publisher: Melbourne University Press
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the shadow of the impending Second World War, a battle for control kicked off between two rival factions in Australian Rules football-the powerful upstart Victorian Football League, comprising the strongest inner-city clubs, and the struggling Victorian Football Association, which sought new teams and spectators in Melbourne's growing outer suburbs. The conflict spilled out of Victoria, inciting division and discord in almost every corner of the country. Woven through Xavier Fowler's lively history are the stories of iconic players whose lives and careers were fundamentally altered by the conflict as they crisscrossed the breach, including Australian Football Hall of Famers Ron Todd, Laurie Nash, Jack Dyer and Bob Pratt. From bitter personal rivalries to the lasting impacts on the game itself, The Football War is the untold story of the battle for supremacy on- and off-field, and the fight for the soul of Australian Rules.
Xavier Fowler is a historian who writes on sport and society.
