In praise of a spiritually sound sandshoe

JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is founder 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).

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He is married to Susan. They have 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.