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Collingwood’s Machine: four premierships, secrets, and the Depression’s shadow.

The Machine

The Inside Story of Football's Greatest Team

$43.87

  • Hardcover

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    18 July 2016

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Summary

Has there ever been a better quarter of footy teams than those that took the field in Collingwood jumpers between 1927 and 1930?

The statistics and history books would say not. They remain the only team in VFL/AFL history to have won four Premierships in a row. The 1929 team is the only one to have gone through a home-and-away season undefeated. The teams and the players set records and benchmarks that stood for decades. And they did it all with such brilliant teamwork that they becam…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781863958547
ISBN-10:1863958541
Author:Glenn McFarlane, Michael Roberts
Publisher:Black Inc.
Imprint:Nero
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:18 July 2016
Weight:1.11kg
Dimensions:19mm x 242mm x 296mm
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The Machine by Glenn McFarlane - ISBN: 9781863958547
242 × 296 mm
A4
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About The Author

Glenn McFarlane

Michael Roberts is a Melbourne-based journalist and author with a particular interest in Australian Rules football and its history. He has written several books on the game, including High Flyers: The Greatest Marks of All Time (1998), and was the pictorial editor for 100 Years of Australian Football, the AFL’s Centenary book. Michael currently edits and produces supporter magazines for five AFL clubs. He is not the former St Kilda player turned TV reporter.

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