Image with thanks to the Geelong Cemeteries Trust.
Bob Gartland has spent a lifetime as a passionate supporter of the Geelong Football Club and a fair share of that lifetime as its historian. Along the way he has built a collection of artifacts, photos, trophies, footballs, papers, books, memorabilia, merchandise, newspapers, art and anything you can think of from old membership tickets to club umbrellas.
As he collected, he also started researching stories of everything to do with the history of the Geelong Football Club.
Eventually, the academic world came to hold his thorough research and his instructive and insightful writing in the highest regard.
In this piece, published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, he has teamed up with Deakin Uni History lecturer, researcher and writer, Tony Joel, to look at the life of one of football’s finest administrators: Charles Brownlow. The AFL’s medal is named in his honour.
You can read Bob and Tony’s piece HERE.
Read more Almanac pieces by Bob Gartland HERE.
Find out more about Bob’s collection HERE.
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Really enjoyed hearing more of the Charles Brownlow. He so fits with the time. Thanks Bob and Tony.