Finding Jack DyerProduct Code: bookFJD
Supplier: Slattery Media Group
Jack ‘Captain Blood’ Dyer is one of the most famous Tiger’s of all time—a premiership player, coach and enforcer who played 312 games for the Richmond Football Club. Said to have broken 64 collarbones, he was a fearless Tiger hard-man. Renowned, as well, for brutalising the English language, Dyer was one of football’s first television, print and radio celebrities. However, outside the game little is known about the late, great Jack Dyer.
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DescriptionIn Finding Jack Dyer, author Tony Hardy explores the life of one of Australian Rules’ greatest icons. Speaking to those who knew him best, including Dyer’s two children Jack and Jill, Tony Hardy pieces together a picture of the man behind the myth. Using a potent mix of detailed research and vivid imagination, Finding Jack Dyer takes the reader to the heart of Captain Blood, his life and his time. Based on fact, with a little ‘Dyer-esque’ aggeration, Tony Hardy discovers a man whose off-field nickname was ‘Bing’ because he loved to croon. A man who secretly let a homeless drunk sleep in the family car every night. And a man who made a conscious decision not to fight in World War II, with the endorsement of the Prime Minister John Curtin.Finding Jack Dyer is an exceptional account of a brave, flawed, yet exceptional man.
It is also the story of a Depression-era athletic prodigy who arrived at Tigerland with nothing and through sheer determination and talent became one of the greatest players the game has ever known. Ten years after his death and on the eve of what would have been his 100th birthday, Finding Jack Dyer offers the perfect opportunity to relive Jack Dyer’s glory days. It’s an opportunity to reminisce with the men and women who saw him play, and a chance to close your eyes and let the roar of the Punt Road crowd bring on the goosebumps.
Product Details; Written by Tony Hardy
Paperback
295 Pages
Inlcudes photos
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