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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 "idealinsport@gmail.com" Until the next episode .............. "that's stumps......... & thank you ball boys, thank you Hawkeye................... DA
DA hosts DA's Australian Sports History, a sports show with 27 episodes published.
Gerald Patterson, the wonderful Australian tennis player of the 1920's passed away on 13 June 1967. We look back at his career and life. It was more than just tennis. Gerald was a war time hero being awarded the Military
We take a look back to 1965/66 and the premier domestic cricket competition in Australia - the Sheffield Shield. Four day matches with large crowds and Test players involved. It was an opportunity for the public to watch
We take a look back to 1965/66 and the premier domestic cricket competition in Australia - the Sheffield Shield. Four day matches with large crowds and Test players involved. It was an opportunity for the public to watch
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 George team were on
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 suburban grounds. Ground
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 the world where he ex
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 female to swim the
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 254 games kicking 33
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 the captain of the Aus
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 Australian titles on the track
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 in December 1960 is
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 44 times in races o
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 British, Australian and Ne
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 relay teams that did likewise
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 however was not just winn
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 partners. Together t
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 event. Although having bro
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 talent. Betty would win ra
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 aboard Toparoa in the 1955 M
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 Vancouver Empire Games ag
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