Brotherboys
the story of jim and phillip krakouer
$34.39
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2005
Summary
Brotherboys: From AFL Glory to Prison Bars
Jimmy Krakouer’s release from jail in August 2004 marked the end of a nine-year sentence for drug trafficking. Just two decades prior, he and his brother Phil basked in the adoration of fans as stars of the AFL. What led to this dramatic downfall?
In the early 1980s, the Krakouer brothers burst onto the Perth football scene and were soon recruited by North Melbourne. Their on-field partnership was legendary, a force to be reckoned w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781741145953 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1741145953 |
| Author: | Sean Gorman |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 376g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 352mm x 41mm |
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About The Author
Sean Gorman
Sean Gorman, a former wool-classer, once worked in the same shearing sheds as Eric Krakouer, Jimmy and Phil’s father. Now a research scholar in the Indigenous Studies department at Perth’s Edith Cowan University, Gorman visited Jimmy Krakouer in jail and interviewed many of the brothers’ contemporaries while researching a PhD thesis on racism in Australian sport. He knows their territory inside out and watched their football success locally and nationally with great interest as a boy. This is Sean’s first book, and he tells a great story.
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