Favourite Footy Yarns: From Laughs and Larrikins to Bush Legends and Bad Boys

Description

From the signing of 'The King', Wayne Carey for a song, to the football legend's wife who proposed via a fax machine, Favourite Footy Yarns will inform, amuse and delight. The smorgasboard of tall and mostly true stories is the latest from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse and includes all the biggest names in the game from Barassi and Whitten to Roos, Dermie and Buddy. Ken's favourite interviews, memories and moments are spiced with an array of bloopers, gaffes and pranks.

Ken Piesse is the author of 65 books on cricket and football, including Great Australian Cricket Stories and Great Australian Football Stories. No living Australian sportswriter has written more books then Ken, who is an in-demand after-dinner speaker and president of the Australian Cricket Society. Ken lives on the Mornington Peninsula with his wife Susan and puppies Douglas & Ivy and kittens Katrina & Ellie. Selling Points Exploring cricket via its partnerships is an original idea - every cricket fan will want this book. Funny, entertaining and unique, this is Ken Piesse at his dazzling best. An A-Z layout makes the most of the interesting combinations.