Milestone man: Meet baseball’s 800-game veteran
He debuted for the Dingley Baseball Club in 1968 and has seen it all – even marrying on the baseball diamond 35 years ago. Go behind-the-scenes as Auke Pool celebrates 800 games.
He debuted for the Dingley Baseball Club in 1968 and has seen it all – even marrying on the baseball diamond 35 years ago. Go behind-the-scenes as Auke Pool celebrates 800 games.
He was the local boy who stayed a Saint through and through. Now, fans are petitioning to erect a statue of legend Trevor Barker at Moorabbin so that his impact is never forgotten, writes PAUL AMY.
What started as a trip to Kmart as a toddler has evolved into an obsession for devoted Kangaroos fan Shane Gray, who boasts a huge and extraordinary set of guernseys, writes PAUL AMY.
Just days after a harrowing report was revealed, a female VAFA umpire has stood down after a ball was thrown in her face, writes PAUL AMY.
They found him on a ‘cold, horrible night’ at Langwarrin: Jai Culley, a dominant, dreadlocked kid who could now feature in the AFL mid-season draft, writes PAUL AMY.
A 10-pound Pom with the courage to live as an openly gay woman in the 1970s, Ann Rulton turned her formidable will on Aussie rules football and did incredible things, writes PAUL AMY.
Interviewing in tracksuit pants “halfway down his arse” and players filling out applications for him were all part of Bernie Sheehy‘s charm – the coaching genius that who by all accounts could have easily made it in the AFL.
Forty years on, Brian Wilson still remembers the numbers of his 1982 Brownlow Medal win like his date of birth. Which makes the missing award that much tougher to stomach, writes PAUL AMY.
The Victorian Amateur Football Association is deeply steeped in tradition but a radical board shake-up may lead to a once in a lifetime change, writes PAUL AMY.
Black limos, security and countless autographs – PAUL AMY recounts the day Tony Lockett debuted for Port Melbourne.