Swansong The Paul Kelly Story

Australia-wide, Paul Kelly is known as one of AFL's most courageous and best-known players. Captain of the Sydney Swans for ten consecutive seasons, he has played more than 200 games since his debut in 1990. In 1995 he won the coveted Brownlow Medal and the following year led the Swans in their first Grand Final appearance for 51 years, an undreamed-of feat. This is Paul Kelly's own story, from his first game of football as a shy ten-year-old kid from Wagga-Wagga, to his arrival in Sydney and his struggle for a place in the Sydney Swans. Only three years later he was made captain, the youngest in the League, and he has gone on from there to earn the nickname of Captain Courageous, triumphing despite injury to becomeone of AFL's most inspiring leaders. This book also has comments and portraits of many other great characters in football - from Kelly's first coach Ray Carroll to his mate Tony 'Plugger' Lockett - all of whom share their own Paul Kelly stories.