Doug Walters Cricket, Sport
Doug Walters is a legend of Australian cricket. His Australian debut was against England in the 1965/66 season. Coming in with Australia precariously placed at 4-125, he scored 155 and in doing so became the third youngest to score a Test Century. Doug’s career contained plenty of highlights. Perhaps his finest Test was against the[…] Read More
Erin Phillips AFL, Diversity, Sport
Erin was crowned as the new golden girl of women’s sport in Australia after an outstanding season in the AFLW’s inaugural 2017 season. As co-captain of the Adelaide Crows, Erin lead her team to premiership success in 2017. Following in the footsteps of her father, Greg Phillips, Erin successfully lived out a life-long dream of[…] Read More
Tayla Harris AFL, Boxing, Diversity
AFLW star and professional boxer Tayla Harris represents the power of female determination and proudly advocates for breaking barriers in women’s sport. Tayla Harris played in the inaugural AFLW season with the Brisbane Lions as a marquee player. Harris received All Australian honours two years in a row, as well as winning Mark of the[…] Read More
Moana Hope AFL, Diversity, Sport
Moana Hope is a powerhouse of football who plays for Collingwood in the women’s AFL League. She is also a household name in Australia having been featured on Australian Story, alongside fellow player Susan Alberti. As a high profile sportswoman, Moana has attracted numerous corporate sponsorships and has been the face of Harness Racing Victoria[…] Read More
Robert de Castella Inspiration, Olympian, Sport
Robert de Castella is Australia’s greatest ever marathon runner. He set the world record in 1981, became Australia’s first Track and Field World Champion in 1983, won two Commonwealth Games marathons in 1982 and 1986 and dominated the event worldwide for most of the 1980’s. While he represented Australia at four Olympic Games, finishing 5th,[…] Read More
Lord Ian Botham Charity, Cricket, Sport
Lord Ian Botham, affectionately nicknamed Beefy, is one of the greatest and most charismatic players in English cricket history. Botham’s mantra was simple, he played hard on the field and played to win but always shared a drink with his competitors after the match. Perhaps the best all-rounder the game has ever seen, in his[…] Read More
Wayne Schwass AFL, Media, Mental Health
Since capturing Australia’s attention as one of the most successful football players in AFL history, Wayne Schwass has gone on to make a name for himself in more ways than one. Born in New Zealand and raised in Warrnambool, Western Victoria, Wayne Schwass began playing Aussie Rules football at the age of ten. But with[…] Read More
Jimmy Bartel AFL, Community, Domestic Violence
Jimmy is one of the most decorated AFL players of the modern era. Having played 305 games for the Geelong Football club he has won three premierships, a Brownlow Medal, a Norm Smith Medal and twice been named All Australian. Jimmy was drafted to the Geelong Football Club from the Geelong Falcons U18 at number[…] Read More
Mark Bosnich Media, Soccer, Sport
Mark Bosnich is arguably one of the finest footballers Australia has ever produced. The former Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa goalkeeper is considered by many football pundits as a legend of Australian football. Mark Bosnich returned to Australia in 2008 completing a guest stint with Hyundai A-League club the Central Coast Mariners followed by[…] Read More
Luke Hodge AFL, Leadership, Sport, Teamwork
Leading by example and regarded as one of the AFL’s toughest players physically and mentally Luke Hodge became one of Hawthorn’s all time great captains in 2015 by captaining the Hawks to their third straight premiership. In 2014 Hodge captained the premiership team and won the Norm Smith Medal for the second time. His two[…] Read More
Sir Richard Hadlee Cricket, Sport
Sir Richard Hadlee is a legend of World Cricket. He made his first-class debut in 1971, as a replacement for his injured brother Dale, taking a hat trick. Richard made his Test debut the following year and in 1973 his 7 wickets would help New Zealand to their first Test victory over Australia. Hadlee was[…] Read More