The master : the life and times of Dally Messenger, Australia's first sporting superstar / Sean Fagan and Dally Messenger III
- Bib ID:
- 8038836
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fagan, Sean (Sean Patrick), 1964-
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Sydney : Hachette Australia, 2011
- 1 online resource (388 pages).
- ISBN:
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- 0733628990
- 9780733628993
- Summary:
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Dally Messenger was an Australian sporting superstar in the early years of the 20th century - a rugby league icon, rugby union champion, and the most popular sporting personality of this day. He was courted by all codes in that heady period of the early 1900s, when rugby league and Australian rules were fighting to become the dominant winter sport. He represented Australia in rugby league and rugby union and also represented New Zealand in rugby league. Thousands flocked to the grounds when he was playing, and he his revered as an icon in rugby league to this very day. The Master is a popular and authoritative account of the life and times of a superlative sportsman, a tribute to a rugby league player without peer, and an inspiring story for all those who would marvel at this sporting excellence and outstanding achievements.
- Subject:
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- Messenger, Dally, 1883-1959
- Rugby football players -- Australia -- Biography
- Rugby League football -- Australia
- 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
- Biography & Autobiography - General
- Biography & Autobiography - Sports
- Biography: general
- Biography: sport
- Rugby League
- Sports & Recreation - History
- Sports & Recreation - Rugby
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- Ingram Content Group
- Copyright:
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2011
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