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Football, Family, Respect

Shaun Burgoyne (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2021
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4607-5308-8 (ISBN)

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An AFL legend's tale of hard work, grit, love of family and culture. Born in Darwin, Shaun made his AFL debut for Port Adelaide in 2002 after being selected as pick no 12 in the 2000 National Draft. With indigenous ancestry connecting to the Kokatha (originating from the Eyre Peninsula and Ceduna), Shaun quickly established himself as an elite athlete of composure, skill and speed, winning his 1st AFL Premiership with the Power in 2004. Selected as Vice Captain of Port Adelaide and winning selection in the 2006 All Australian side, Shaun made the dramatic and complicated move to Victoria and to heavyweight Club Hawthorn at the end of 2009. Since 2010 Shaun has been a top 5 player for the Hawks and one of the best in the competition. Playing a variety of important positions around the ground and delivering under pressure, season after season, the Hawks narrowly lost to Sydney in the 2012 Grand Final however in 2013 Shaun was instrumental in Hawthorn's Premiership win over Fremantle. In 2014 Shaun kicked key 2nd half goals as Hawthorn went back to back and smashed Sydney in the Grand Final - making Shaun the most capped Finals player in the AFL and a 3-time Premiership player.
In 2015, Shaun was appointed Captain of the Indigenous All Stars.

Shaun Burgoyne played a remarkable 20 seasons in the AFL. He is the Indigenous games record holder and played 407 games, becoming only the fifth man to reach the 400-game milestone. After being taken at number 12 in the 2000 national draft, he played 157 games for Port Adelaide between 2002 and 2009, winning his first premiership in 2004. Hawthorn took a punt on Burgoyne, who had knee troubles, and the trade paid off for both club and player with premierships in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In 2011, Burgoyne was an inaugural member of the AFL Players' Association Indigenous Advisory Board, taking on the role of chairman in 2016. He is a director of ACS Indigenous, a cleaning services company that aims to create employment and career opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Burgoyne lives in Melbourne and is married to Amy, his childhood sweetheart. They have four children: Ky, Percy, Leni and Nixie. Martin Blake has written on sport for 35 years, most of it with The Age. He has covered 30 AFL seasons and several Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, US Masters golf tournaments, the British Open Championship and various Australian cricket tours. He has won numerous awards for writing on Australian football, cricket and golf, and is a member of the MCG Media Hall of Fame. Blake has written several books, including Mighty Fighting Hawks (2015) and The Rise of the Swans (2013), and co-authored bestselling autobiographies with Dane Swan (2016) and Mark 'Bomber' Thompson (2016). Martin writes for Golf Australia, plays far too much golf, and lives in Melbourne.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2018
Co-Autor	Martin Blake
Verlagsort	New South Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 241 mm
Gewicht	632 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-4607-5308-9 / 1460753089
ISBN-13	978-1-4607-5308-8 / 9781460753088
Zustand	Neuware