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Tom Wills: The insubordinate life of an Australian sporting legend

$33.75 at Booktopia

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The footy dad who reads serious non-fiction and is bored by player autobiographies

What it is

Greg de Moore’s biography of Tom Wills, 400-page paperback, covering the man credited with creating Australian Rules football, his cricket career, his coaching of an Aboriginal cricket team and his death at 44. Shortlisted for the National Biography Award. Ships in 3-5 business days.

Why we picked it

Wills invented the game and also coached the 1868 Aboriginal cricket team that became the first Australian side to tour England, and de Moore does not sand off the frontier violence that shaped his life. It is the football book for a dad who reads history rather than sport.

Getting it to dad

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Dispatch
In-stock items ship within 0 to 3 business days, warehouse ships Monday to Friday
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If it is wrong

No change-of-mind returns. If it is the wrong thing, Dad is keeping it.

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What it has cost

  1. $33.7515 September 2026

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