This season I am going to be interviewing a VFL/AFL footballer for the AFLPA.
Here’s a couple of snippets from my interview with David Parkin – who, as we all know, is very good at stringing words together. The interview will be shown in its entirety on Thursday:
David Parkin on his first game:
http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/ted-whitten-put-me-into-the-third-row/
David Parkin on concussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYqRqYlMYt8
It was really good to hear David reflect on so many topics.
About John Harms
JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is publisher and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au. He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne). He appears (appeared?) on ABCTV's Offsiders. He can be contacted [email protected] He is married to The Handicapper and has three school-age kids - Theo, Anna, Evie. He might not be the worst putter in the world but he's in the worst four. His ambition was to lunch for Australia but it clashed with his other ambition - to shoot his age.
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