The Boy From Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts
Requirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 5.10MB
Overview: The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts.
It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG.
How does a self-described ‘skinny Aboriginal kid’ overcome a legacy of family tragedy to become an AFL legend?
One thing’s for sure – it’s not easy.
But then, there’s always been something special about Eddie Betts.
Betts grew up in Port Lincoln and Kalgoorlie, in environments where the destructive legacies of colonialism – racism, police targeting of Aboriginal people, drug and alcohol misuse, family violence – were sadly normalised.
His childhood was defined by family closeness as well as family strife, plus a wonderful freedom that he and his cousins exploited to the full – for better and for worse.
When he made the decision to take his talents across the Nullarbor to Melbourne to chase his footballing dreams – homesickness be damned – everything changed.
Over the ensuing years, Betts became a true giant of the sport:
350-plus games, 600-plus goals, multiple All-Australian nods and Goal of the Year awards, and a league-wide popularity rarely seen in the hyper-tribal AFL.
Along the way, he battled his demons before his turbulent youth settled into responsible maturity.
Today, the man the Melbourne tabloids once dubbed ‘bad boy Betts’ is a dedicated husband and father, a respected community leader and an increasingly outspoken social activist.
Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic and always honest – often laceratingly so – The Boy from Boomerang Crescent is the inspirational life story of a champion, in his own words.
Whether he’s narrating one of his trademark gravity-defying goals from the pocket, the discrimination he’s faced as an Aboriginal person or the birth of his first child, Betts’s voice – intelligent, soulful, unpretentious – rings through on every page.
The very human story behind the plaudits is one that will surprise, move and inspire.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
Download Instructions:
https://ouo.io/OsNPb3
https://ouo.io/M13SzF
https://ouo.io/FkFrQW
https://ouo.io/bq9k5U
