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DA's Australian Sports History Podcast is a record of DA's research into past events & Australian sporting personalities.
It is not intended to be a definitive history of Australian sport. More, a collection of random events of interest.
Happy to have you on the journey. Trust the topics will not only be of interest to you but may motivate you to read further on the various subjects.
If you wish to make a comment, feel free to do so via "[email protected]"
Until the next episode .............. "that's stumps......... & thank you ball boys, thank you Hawkeye................... DA
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S2026E25 1966 Rugby League St George
We look back at Rugby League in Australia as at 1966.At that time the premier competition was the New South Wales Rugby Football League comprising ten teams - all from New South Wales.The mighty St…
S2026E24 1966 Australian Rules Football St Kilda
In 1966, the game of Australian rules football was very different.The premier competition was the Victorian Football League. Twelve teams based in Victoria all playing on a Saturday afternoon on…
S2026E23 1965 Golf Peter Thomson
Peter Thomson is remembered for his five British Open and three Australian Open titles.His legacy to the game of golf is however far greater. than just as a player. He took the game to all parts of…
S2026E22 1964 Swimming Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser is considered Australian greatest Olympic champion and greatest female athlete.Dawn won gold medals in the 100m freestyle event at three successive Olympics.She made history as the first…
S2026E21 1964 Australian Rules Ron Barassi
Ron Barassi is a legend in Australian Rules football.No player / coach has a greater profile. No one has done more to change the game. No person has done more to promote the game. Ron Barassi played…
S2026E20 1963 Netball Joyce Brown
Joyce Brown is remembered as the outstanding coach of the Australian Netball team (the Diamonds). Together they won multiple World titles.Joyce was also a fabulous player in her own right. She was…
S2026E19 1962 Cycling Sid Patterson
Sid Patterson was an outstanding track cyclist winning two World Amateur titles in the Sprint & Pursuit disciplines and a further two World Professional titles in the Pursuit event.He won…
S2026E18 1960 Cricket The tied test
Cricket "purists" value test cricket over all other forms of the game.And of all the tests ever played, there is a strong argument to say the first test between Australia and West Indies at Brisbane…
S2026E17 1960 Athletics Herb Elliott
Herb Elliott is rightfully considered one of Australia's greatest ever athletes.What is amazing is that he competed in one Olympic Games only, and had retired by 22 years of age.In that time, he ran…
S2026E16 1960 Golf Kel Nagle
Kel Nagle is sometimes over looked when we talk of the great golfers that Australia has produced. This is an oversight. Kel Nagle won tournaments every year from 1949 to 1975. This included the…
S2025E15 1960 Swimming John Devitt
John Devitt was a fine Australian swimmer winning gold medals in individual & relay events in both the Olympic & Commonwealth Games. He also set individual world record times and was part of…
S2025E14 1959 Motor Racing Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham, later to be Sir Jack Brabham was Australia's first Formula One drivers champion.He would win the title on three occasions in a long and successful career.His greatest achievement…
S2025E13 1957 Tennis Lew Hoad
The "Golden Boy" in the "Golden Era of Australian Tennis" was Lew Hoad.Born in the same month as Ken Rosewall in a neighbouring suburb of Sydney, the two would become best friends, rivals and double…
S2025E12 1956 Swimming Murray Rose
At age 17 years at the Melbourne Olympic Games, Murray Rose competed in three swimming events. He won then all.In 1960 at Rome, Murray repeated the gold medal performance in the 400m freestyle…
S2025E11 1956 Athletics Betty Cuthbert
The Golden girl of Australian athletics was a shy, unassuming teenager from Western Sydney.Inspired by her teacher (a former Olympian), Betty Cuthbert discovered running. And she had a special…
S2025E10 1955 Horse Racing Neville Sellwood
Neville Sellwood was a champion jockey in the 1950's.He won six jockeys premierships in Sydney. In doing, so he rode champion horses Todman & Tulloch.The focus of today's episode is his win…
S2025E9 1954 Athletics John Landy
John Landy.A champion athlete, a champion person.The second man to break four minutes for the mile - a feat that was once considered impossible to achieve.That set up a match race at the 1954…
S2025E8 1953 Rugby League Clive Churchill
Clive Churchill was one of the greatest Rugby League players of all time. He captained the South Sydney Rabbitoh's, NSW and the Australian Kangaroo's.For South Sydney, he played in five premiership…
S2025E7 1952 Rowing Merv Wood
Merv Wood is one of Australia' finest ever Olympians having competed in four Olympic Games. It would no doubt have been more had the Olympic Games not been cancelled in 1940 & 1944, when Merv…
S2025E6 1952 Cycling Russell Mockridge
Russell Mockridge was a two times gold medalist at the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952.He won both his events on the one day.Yet he may never have competed at those games, having been deselected by…
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