Great Australian Sporting Moments
Great Australian Sporting Moments captures in words and stunning photographs some of the biggest and most memorable moments in the history of Australian sport.
Opinion
'Australian sport is filled with unforgettable moments, from high drama and headlinemaking controversies to heartbreaking failures and nail-biting victories. Whether individual or team performances, Olympic level, tennis,
cricket, all forms of footy, horse racing and more, this book relives the very best of Australian sport. In a word: Gold'
Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, 1/11/08
An interesting, if not compelling, look at some great moments of Australian sport as determined by the editor. The photography is excellent
and the variety of sports appealing.
The Daily Telegraph, 18/10/08
About this Title
When John Aloisi's penalty bulged the back of the net to defeat Uruguay and send the Socceroos to the 2006 World Cup, the story of Australian sport had another entry in its ever-growing list of unforgettable moments.
Great Australian Sporting Moments covers all sports, and some of our biggest sporting legends-Freeman, Thorpe, Bradman, Whitten, Eales, Laver and many more-as well as others best remembered for a single performance, such as Steven Bradbury or the 1983 America's Cup team.
Over the years, our sportsmen and women (and horses) have produced moments of history, as long-held records are broken or previously unimaginable heights reached. There have been moments of high drama, with headline-making controversies, heartbreaking failures and nail-biting victories. And moments that are simply magic-the triumphs and individual performances where you're just happy to say, 'I was there when . . . '
Great Australian Sporting Moments captures in words and stunning photographs some of the biggest and most memorable moments in the history of Australian sport-moments that captivated sports fans throughout the country. This book gives all of us the chance to relive the very best that Australian sport has offered-and remind ourselves that we have good reasons for being a nation of sports-lovers.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Headlines
Record Breakers
Triumphs
Magic Moments
Contributors
Picture Credits
Indexes
About the Author
Michael Roberts is a journalist, author and sports historian. He's written or edited around a dozen books, the most recent being The Barrackers Are Shouting- Stories of Collingwood From the Grandstand, and 50 Years of Australian Television. His favourite sporting moments were watching Collingwood win the 1990 Premiership, cheering on the Socceroos as they beat Japan at the World Cup in Germany and going crazy in Bay 13 over Dennis Lillee's last-ball dismissal of Viv Richards at the 'G in 1981/82.
Michael Tormey is a sports journalist whose favourite sporting memory revolves around the circumstances that led him to be sharing a drunken hug with his old man at three in the morning after the 1996 AFL Grand Final.
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