Introduction
Statistician extraordinaire 1956-59 (Eat your heart out Ted Hopkins!)
- Published At: 2017-02-13 18:03 - (1311 Reads)Sit yourself down in a cosy chair in front of the fire and transport yourself back to 1957 and experience the joys of an 11-year-old Geelong supporter and his statistical exercise book. Ted Hopkins never did it like this.
Geelong - Season 1956
- Published At: 2017-01-21 21:28 - (1133 Reads)This article provides a detailed examination of Geelong Football Club’s 1956 season.
Francis Doherty - you beauty!!
- Published At: 2016-10-29 18:09 - (1377 Reads)Francis Doherty never soared like Alex Jesaulenko to take a breath-taking mark in a VFL Grand Final but he has managed to produce something equally exciting – the most breath-taking book about football memorabilia in the history of the game.
Footy Stats – A Short History
- Published At: 2016-07-05 20:00 - (1013 Reads)Football statistics are a key part of the modern game, but statisticians around the country have innovated since the 1920's in finding categories and perfecting the art. This article gives an insight into the history of Australian Rules football statistics.
Ted Hopkins – ‘The Stats Revolution’ (a review)
- Published At: 2016-07-05 07:00 - (1373 Reads)PART THREE OF ‘CATS STATS AND THE STATS REVOLUTION’.
A Review of 'Ted Hopkins, The Stats Revolution'.
A Review of 'Ted Hopkins, The Stats Revolution'.
The Ballad of Lindsay White
- Published At: 2016-03-06 14:59 - (2056 Reads)There are few old-timers who can still remember Lindsay White, Geelong's champion full-forward of the forties. To keep White's memory alive and to celebrate his amazing career, Ken Mansell has written another fine football song. Here Ken explains why he was inspired to compose 'The Ballad of Lindsay White'.
Willy's Will-O'-The-Wisp: Football Memories of Mal Macpherson
- Published At: 2016-03-01 19:52 - (1462 Reads)Malcolm Macpherson played for VFA club Williamstown in the 1940’s. Making his debut in Round One of the 1946 season, he soon became one of the Association’s most dangerous and effective small forwards. Aged 85 when this interview was conducted, Mal Macpherson recalls in vivid and acute detail some of the highlights of the VFA’s ‘Golden Era’.
Reaching Back With An Old Roy Boy - A Portrait Of Frank Dear
- Published At: 2015-09-12 15:10 - (2535 Reads)Fitzroy Memories with Frank Dear - Ken Mansell, 2004.
Classic Football Landscapes
- Published At: 2015-09-12 14:41 - (2183 Reads)(The editors of this website are very grateful to Dr Keith Martin, Emeritus Professor and Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of East Gippsland, for the following contribution).
By Dr. Keith Martin OBE
By Dr. Keith Martin OBE
Raymond Morris - National Museum of Australia
- Published At: 2014-03-13 19:25 - (4440 Reads)Raymond Morris is a New Zealand artist and photographer who visited Australia in the late 1950's. We are delighted to have received permission to post some of his photos here. For more of Raymond's fine photos, please have a look at the National Museum of Australia's flicker page. This contains a wonderful collection of 226 of Morris’s photos taken during his Australian travels.
The footy swap cards that were never swapped
- Published At: 2013-04-07 17:22 - (8814 Reads)Football has always been more than what happened on the field. Ken's story about memories from 1950's Camberwell shows just how much life has changed. Today with TV, magazines and the Internet, we are bombarded with images and choices, but the 1950's were a different time, and the value of Footy cards was much more than the dollars. They were a direct connection into another world.
Mystery Thriller - Cracking a Tough Nut on the Road to Kew
- Published At: 2013-03-23 12:19 - (5255 Reads)You may have stared at an old photo and thought there must be a story behind the anonymous faces looking back at you. Ken has written about how we discovered the story behind one of the most mysterious Boyles football team photos in the State Library of Victoria Collection.
Disclosing the layers of meaning in one particularly curious photo, the article provides an insight into the twists and turns of how football team photos are identified.
Disclosing the layers of meaning in one particularly curious photo, the article provides an insight into the twists and turns of how football team photos are identified.
The Ballad of Haydn Bunton
- Published At: 2012-12-06 09:07 - (7669 Reads)The 'Ballad of Haydn Bunton' was written (words and music) by Ken Mansell in August 1999. It was released as a CD, with vocals performed by Ken and the late Peter Bell, in July 2003.
This article about the song was originally published by Ken around 2003 in a variety of sources and is republished here due to its relevance to the site.
This article about the song was originally published by Ken around 2003 in a variety of sources and is republished here due to its relevance to the site.
Interview with Harley Boyles 21-Jun-2010
- Published At: 2012-11-16 19:23 - (13637 Reads)Harley Boyles is the son of photographer Charles Boyles. In 2010, then in his eighties, he was interviewed by Ken Mansell for an article about his father. The article, now titled From Tripod to Website became one of the first published writings on Boyles and his work.
The original interview notes have been made available through the permission of both Ken and Harley and provide a fascinating insight.
The original interview notes have been made available through the permission of both Ken and Harley and provide a fascinating insight.
From Tripod to Website
- Published At: 2012-07-05 10:27 - (14216 Reads)Ken's article here draws on his 2010 interview with Harley Boyles. It provides biographical material about the photographer Charles Boyles, an introduction to the Boyles collections, and a perspective on the 'hidden history' of the Boyles photos.