Almanac Books: ‘The Footy Jumper Book’ – Some unique jumpers

 

 

At the recent Footy Almanac lunch featuring The Footy Jumper Book Tim Rath during his chat with MC Smokie Dawson highlighted a number of interesting and unique jumpers he and Gigs discovered in the production of the book.

 

Here they are with a brief summary of each provided by Tim.

 

 

 

From left to right:

 

1:  Circa 1914 Geelong Lace Up worn by Bert Rankin – canvas fabric typical of the era – folklore has it the Geelong women would venture to Corio Bay to buy the second hand canvas direct from the ships & then make the guernseys. Read Roger Spaull’s story about the Geelong Rankin dynasty Here.

 

2: Circa 1921 WA State Jumper swapped with Bert Rankin at ANFC carnival (features detachable sleeves) – the most unusual jumper we discovered (in a shipping container in Horsham!)

 

3: Tiega (Mallee FL Vic) jumper worn by Brian Weir in the famous 1962 Grand Final they lost to Murrayville thanks to the canteen ladies!

 

4: Littlehampton (Hills Southern Zone FL SA) one of my three favourite designs (which wouldn’t look out of place on a Hugo Boss mannequin!) – worn by Terry Rule in 1968 in their premiership win over Meadows at Langhorne Creek.

 

5: Dimboola (Wimmera FL Vic) another favourite design – worn by Graeme Fryar in 1968 who won the club Best & Fairest that year.

 

6: Jeparit (Wimmera FL Vic) the favourite design – circa 1970’s worn by Gary Smith during his injury riddled 207 game career.

 

7: Robinvale (Sunraysia FL Vic) – the jumper that started the footy jumper collecting bug some 20 years ago – a largish jumper with a large number – always visualised a long distance truckie might have donned this one!

 

 

The Footy Jumper Book can be purchased via Tim’s Sporting Nation website here.

 

 

Gigs introduces the book Here.

 

Read Smokie Dawson’s review of the book Here.

 

Read a review of the Footy Almanac lunch Here.

 

 

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