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| Product Information | |||
| Date published | August 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pages | 288 pages | ||
| Format | Hardback | ||
| Size | 210mm x 297mm x 25mm | ||
| Weight | 950 g | ||
| ISBN | 978-1-921778-23-0 | ||
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The Golden Years - Stories From Hawthorn's Greatest Era
Ashley Browne
- Overview
- The Author
- Media
Overview
With 10 AFL premierships to its name, no club has been more successful than Hawthorn in the last 50 years. For the first time, more than 40 players, coaches and officials responsible for this fantastic era explain - in their own words - what has made Hawthorn such a great club.
Among those to be interviewed at length are John Kennedy snr, Leigh Matthews, Graham Arthur, David Parkin, Luke Hodge, Shane Crawford, Robert Dipierdomenico, John Platten, Peter Knights, Jason Dunstall and Peter Hudson.
About the editor
Ashley Browne
Ashley Browne has been an AFL writer and editor for the past 20 years, for The Age, Sportal and afl.com.au. He is the founding editor of sports blog site www.backpagelead.com.au and since October 2010 has been Managing Editor, AFL Books, for Slattery Media. He is also a former national editor of The Australian Jewish News.
Look inside
Radio Sport National, Overnights with Andrew Kuuse, August 2011
Editor Ashley Browne speaks with Radio Sport National's Andrew Kuuse about the new book, The Golden Years, Stories from Hawthorn's Greatest Era.
2011 Toyota AFL Grand Final Record, Saturday, October 1, 2011
The AFL Record run an extract from The Golden Years, Stories from Hawthorn's Greatest Era in the Grand Final edition.
SEN1116, Hungry for Sports, Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Geoff Slattery talks about the new Hawthorn book, The Golden Years, with Kevin Bartlett.
Triple M, Hot Breakfast with Eddie McGuire, Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Hawthorn's Jordan Lewis chats with Triple M's Hot Breakfast team.
Inside Football, Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Inside Football editor, Russell Holmesby, reviews the new book The Golden Years. He asks Geoff Slattery, publisher, what the "gem" in the book was, to which Slattery responds 'the main revelation was the depth to which Alastair Clarkson generated belief in his players that they had the list and strategy to win the 2008 flag.'
3AW, Sports Today, Wednesday, August 17, 2011
3AW's Dwayne Russell and Gerard Healy speak with Hawthorn great, Peter Knights, about the fate of AFL coaches and some of his memories of his playing days.
Fiveaa, Sports Show, Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Hawthorn great, Gary Ayres, discusses Hawthorn's era of dominance with Fiveaa's Sports Show.
Herald Sun, Sports Confidential, Thursday, August 18, 2011
'When former Hawthorn coach John Kennedy turned down an offer to have a book written about his life, another book took its place,' Herald Sun Sport Confidential cover the launch of new book, The Golden Years, Stories from Hawthorn's Greatest Era.
afl.com.au - Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Golden Years: Stories from Hawthorn's Greatest Era, says much about the spell Hawthorn casts over its people afl.com.au reports.
The Hawthorn Football Club host The Golden Years book launch
The launch was held at Waverley Park on Wednesday 17 August and was opened by an outstanding group of club greats spanning five decades - John Kennedy Senior, Graham Arthur, Peter Knights, Gary Ayres, David Parkin, Alastair Clarkson and Luke Hodge.
Channel 10 news, Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Channel 10 news looks at all of the great coaches who came together to launch a new historical reference on the Hawthorn Football Club's era of dominance, The Golden Years.
The Age, Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Age's Rohan Connolly describes Hawthorn's efforts during the 1970s and 1980s as not just an era, 'but two decades of dominance,' in a piece drawn from the new book, The Golden Years, Stories from Hawthorn's Greatest Era.
Herald Sun, Sports Confidential, Friday, August 12, 2011
The Herald Sun Sport Confidential draw on dual premiership coach Alan Joyce's interview from the new book The Golden Years. Joyce discusses his sacking from the Hawthorn Football Club, and how the circumstances around it disappointed him.
Inside Sport, August edition 2011
Inside Sport rates the new book, The Golden Years, four out of five stars, noting 'Hawks fans will adore it: other club fans will get plenty out of it, too.'
The Sunday Examiner, Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sports Editor Rob Shaw finds a Tasmanian twist to two tales of sporting glory - Peter Hudson and Bob Keddie in the 1971 grand final. Referring to the new book, The Golden Years, Stories of Hawthorn's Greatest Era, Shaw notes the book constitutes a must-have for devotees of either Hawthorn’s 10 premierships or period hairstyles.