Favourite Footy Yarns: Extended and Updated

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How much did it originally cost to sign up 'the King', Wayne Carey Which Carlton player only found out he'd retired when he read it in the papers What did Buddy Franklin carry with him on the Kokoda Trail Find out in Favourite Footy Yarns.

Packed full of hilarious (mostly) true stories, fascinating facts, bloopers and stats, this updated edition from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse will have you laughing out loud. The perfect book for any footy fan, it covers the biggest names in the game - from Barassi, Whitten and Ablett to Riewoldt, Fev and Cripps.

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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 than 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.