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1741754992 - de Moore, Greg: tom wills: his spectacular rise and tragic fall
de Moore, Greg

tom wills: his spectacular rise and tragic fall

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ISBN: 1741754992 bzw. 9781741754995, in Englisch, Allen & Unwin, gebraucht.

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used books,books, Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall, Great sporting prowess and a battle with alcohol. A charmer and a rogue. First hand experience of racial tension. This could be a contemporary story but it's 150 years old. It's the story of Tom Willis, a cricketer and the creator of Austalian rules in 1858. His father was killed by aborigines, but Tom went on to coach them.
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9781741754995 - de Moore, Greg: Tom Wills
de Moore, Greg

Tom Wills

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Sports & Recreation, This is the story of Tom Wills?flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader, and agitator, and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football. Sent to the strict British Rugby School in 1850 at 14, Tom returned as a worldly young man whose cricket prowess quickly captured the hearts of Melburnians. But away from the adoring crowds, in the desolation of the Queensland outback, he experienced first-hand the devastating effects of racial tension when his father was murdered in the biggest massacre of Europeans by Aboriginal people. Yet five years later, Tom coached the first Aboriginal cricket team. Tom Wills lived hard and fast, challenging authority on and off the field. But when his physical talents began to fade, the psychological demons that alcohol and adrenaline had kept at bay surged to the fore, driving him to commit the most brutal of suicides. He was44 and destitute. Greg de Moore has carefully pieced together Tom's life, giving us an extraordinary portrait of the life and times of one of our first sporting heroes, a man who lived by his own rules and whose contribution to Australian history has endured for more than 150 years. eBook.
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9781741754995 - Greg de Moore: Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall
Greg de Moore

Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall

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