Name: FALLEN. The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers who Never Returned from War
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AUSTRALIAN MILITARY Australian Rules Football –

They were football heroes, men who played the game at the elite level. However, they abandoned their football careers to play the greater game and, from the shores of Gallipoli to the jungles of New Guinea, made the supreme sacrifice.

Here are the personal tragedies of the 115 Fallen VFL (now AFL) footballers who never returned from war – South Melbourne’s Jack Turnbull never seeing his only son, of Hawthorn’s Richard Pirrie be the first Australian killed in the D-Day landings, of Collingwood’s Percy Rowe asking his mate to take care of his family, Ultimate Heroes, all.

First Edition.

x, 357 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. #130725
Victorian Football League — Biography
Australian football players — Victoria — Biography
South African War, 1899-1902 — Registers of dead — Australia
World War, 1939-1945 — Registers of dead — Australia
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Australia
(Over standard size and weight)

Additional Information

Author	Main, Jim; Allen, David
Number of pages	x, 357 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Publisher	Crown Content
Year Published	2002

Binding Type	Hardcover in Dustjacket
Book Condition	FINE!