Episode 58 - World War II (Part 1 of 3) - a podcast by kicktokick

This is part 1 of 3, in which we focus on how the VFL was effected by World War Two. We discuss the Attitude of the public and government to football being played while war raged! we go through some of the notable players that served and then we tell some anecdotes about players and the war. Finally we go through a bit of a timeline of events in the VFL relating to football not just in Melbourne but around the world.

 

The Kick to Kick Podcast aims to go through each year of the VFL/AFL season and bring out the stories, highlights, winner and losers of days gone by. 

If you enjoy our podcast please give us a rating or leave a comment. Also refer us to friends and let other people know about our podcast.

We use a range of resources when working on our show, to see a list of this constantly growing list click on the following link https://www.kicktokickpodcast.com/resources

Specific for this episode..

Audio of Don Poyner refleting on the role football played in new Guinea during World War 2, Published April 23 2014

https://www.afl.com.au/video/22151/a-veteran-s-footy-memories?videoId=22151&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1398286800001

The "Royal Air Force March Past", original score was completed by Walford Davies in 1918 

music

Waltzing Matilda - A.B. 'Banjo

ADAGIO IN G MINOR FOR STRINGS & ORGAN, Composed by Tomaso Albinoni, Performed by Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, R.C.A. Records

V For Victory by Peter Dawson 1941

The "Royal Air Force March Past", original score was completed by Walford Davies in 1918

 

Thanks also to A yank on the footy! for some ideas and links as well! 

 

References

• The spirit of ANZAC, how four football heroes helped shape a nation, Greg Hobbs, Page 12, Footy Record, Round 5, 1997



• Knight of the air by Jim Main,page 22,  footy record round 5 2010



• War and  peace, Jim mean, page 30 , footy record round 5, 2010



• The bravest Digger of all, Glen McFarlane, page 17, footy record round 5, 2013



• Stars at your service, Ian Granland, page 29, footy record round 5, 2013



• Heroes of the skies, Jim Main, page 66, footy record, round 6, 2008



• Gone but never forgotten, the other Coventry, Glenn McFarlane page 66, footy record round 5, 2012



• Pilgrimage to Tobruk honours a fallen father, Ro Barassi, page 75 , footy record round 5, 2012



• How football help win the war, Michael Roberts, page 9, footy record 19, 1995



• Remembering, in the shadow of Anzac Day, Peter Ryan, page 51 footy record, round 5, 1999



• Footy behind the wire, Maurice Gaul, page 9, footy record round 5 2003



• Spirits Past, Lynda Carroll, page 69, footy record round 5, 2005



• The Kakoda Experience, John Murray, page 74, footy record round 4, 2006



• Heroes all, their courage was unquestioned, Jim Main & David Allen, page 67, Footy record, round 5, 2007



• Proud Servants in tough times, Ben Collins, Page 15, footy record, round 6, 2014



• Fallen Heroes, Maurice Gaul, page 28 Footy record round 5, 2002



• Football and War, an unsavoury Mix, Glenn McFarlane, Page 148-153 AFl Grand FInal Record, 2012

Websites

• https://www.afl.com.au/news/72890/hawks-to-honour-kokoda



• https://www.afl.com.au/news/133659/the-carlton-hopeful-who-survived-wwii-by-clinging-to-a-football



• https://www.afl.com.au/news/196778/frank-checker-hughes-a-war-hero-and-giant-of-two-clubs



• https://www.athletesvoice.com.au/luke-hodge-kokoda-trip-that-changed-hawthorn/



• https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189782484



• https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189782462



• https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/the-changi-brownlow/2987552



• https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bill+Cosgrove



• https://www.topendsports.com/sport/extinct/austus.htm

Books

• Harder than football : league players at war / Barbara Cullen, 2015



• The Changi Brownlow / Roland Perry, 2010



• Jack Dyer's the greatest : the most sensational players of the century / by Brian Hansen with Jack Dyer, 1996, page 499-502



• Play on! : the hidden history of Women's Australian Rules Football / Brunette Lenkić & Rob Hess, Chapter 5, Charity begins at home, 2016,



• Cazaly : the legend / Robert Allen, 2017, page 210



• Our Game, Classic Australian Rules Stories, Jim Main, page 161-184



• The Bloodbath: The 1945 VFL Grand FInal - Ian W Shaw, Chapter 4 - Playing the greater game 1939-1945



• Carn - Andrew Mueller, Mueller, Andrew, 2019, Chapters 14 & 15



• The hard way : the story of Hawthorn Football Club / by Harry Gordon, 1990, page 73

 

 

Further episodes of Kick to Kick

Further podcasts by kicktokick

Website of kicktokick