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The Best Footballer in Australia – in 1933

Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Jimmy Stiff to the AFL NSW Hall of Fame: Jimmy Stiff was

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Gordon Strang – Son of a Gun and Richmond Legend

Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Rodney Gillett profiles the nomination of Gordon Strang into the NSW Hall of Fame.  A Sydney representative team

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Brian Lenton – North West Football Legend

Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Dr Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Brian Lenton into the NSW Hall of Fame.  “The women playing

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Mark Maclure – From East Sydney to Carlton Captain

Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Former Swans player and East Sydney Captain/Coach Neil Cordy profiles the nomination of Mark Maclure into the NSW Hall

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Ricky Quade – Loyal Son leading the Swans to Victory

Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Neil Cordy profiles the nomination of Ricky Quade to the Hall of Fame. Footy is full of sliding

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Doug Priest’s Mentors Led to First Class Honours in Coaching

Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Dr Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Doug Priest to the New South Wales Australian Football Hall of

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Wayne “Wacky” Walker – The Mark Ricciuto of Broken Hill Football

To commemorate the 140th anniversary of Australian Football in New South Wales in 2020, 140 coaches, players, umpires, administrators and media personalities will be inducted into the inaugural New South Wales Australian Football Hall of Fame. Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of

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“Our coach Frank Dixon convinced us we could beat Victoria”

South Sydney Rabbitoh, South Sydney premiership captain-coach, NSW player, captain and coach, Rat of Tobruk, Senior-Vice President NSW ANFL, Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Frank Dixon did it all in a remarkable career in sporting and civic life stretching from

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Neil Cordy – Sydney Footy’s Media Man

Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Neil Cordy to the NSW  Australian Football Hall of Fame. Neil Cordy has established an impressive record as a “breaking news” sports journalist across the media landscape in Sydney over the past twenty-seven years.

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The Wiz – Warwick Capper

Neil Cordy profiles the nomination of his ex-Sydney Swans team-mate Warwick Capper for the inaugural New South Wales Australian Football Hall of Fame.   Like a shooting star Warwick Capper flew across the Sydney skyline in the 1980s grabbing screamers

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