Ron Barassi (1936–2023)

This is a high-quality biography of a football legend which provides a portrait of the man, the player, the influences on his life and his immense influence upon Australian Football. In addition to several chapters on his career as player and coach, there are chapters on his life outside football as a businessman, motivational speaker and family man. It includes a selection of best teams of players or opponents he has seen and coached, a brief statistics section, good quality black and white show more pictures and an index. show less

Legendary VFL player and coach Barassi shares 31 maxims and quotations that he has collected and used during his football career and life outside football. The maxims cover such themes as motivation inspiration, and the development of ideas. There are 31 maxims because Barassi's football guernsey number - one of the most famous in football - was No. 31.