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E J TED WHITTEN With Jim Main & Friends. Softcover Book.
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EJ: Ted Whitten : An exploration of the life and influence of Mr Football. Ted Whitten with Jim Main and Friends. Biography & auto-biography. (1995) 263 pages.
Few footballers have given as much to the game as Edward James Whitten. First as a player, in 321 games for Footscray and 29 for his beloved 'Big V', but perhaps even more significantly as one of Australian football's few genuine icons. As a player he earned inclusion in Victoria's Team of the Twentieth Century. After being rejected by Collingwood (in whose zone he resided) in 1950 on the grounds that he lacked bulk Whitten was free to turn out with his boyhood heroes at the Western Oval. His debut in 1951 has gone down in football folklore. Opposed by renowned hard man Don 'Mopsy' Fraser of Richmond the young Whitten politely offered his hand prior to the opening bounce only to receive a sharp kick in the ankles in return. Undeterred, Whitten goaled after marking early in the 1st term, an act of insolence which did not go down at all well with 'Mopsy' whose retaliation this time was even more pronounced - suffice to say that Whitten had much to reflect upon that night as he lay in his hospital bed! E.J. Whitten was nothing if not a quick learner. He soon realised that the best way to achieve success in the sport he loved was to intimidate rather than be intimidated, and if 90% of this was bluster it nevertheless could not mask the fact that he was also a supremely gifted - and tough - exponent of the game. Aside from participating in Footscray's famous 1954 premiership win Whitten did not enjoy much success at club level during his career. His volatile personality and fondness for back-chatting meant that he seldom fared well with the umpires. This book is a great read.
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Few footballers have given as much to the game as Edward James Whitten. First as a player, in 321 games for Footscray and 29 for his beloved 'Big V', but perhaps even more significantly as one of Australian football's few genuine icons. As a player he earned inclusion in Victoria's Team of the Twentieth Century. After being rejected by Collingwood (in whose zone he resided) in 1950 on the grounds that he lacked bulk Whitten was free to turn out with his boyhood heroes at the Western Oval. His debut in 1951 has gone down in football folklore. Opposed by renowned hard man Don 'Mopsy' Fraser of Richmond the young Whitten politely offered his hand prior to the opening bounce only to receive a sharp kick in the ankles in return. Undeterred, Whitten goaled after marking early in the 1st term, an act of insolence which did not go down at all well with 'Mopsy' whose retaliation this time was even more pronounced - suffice to say that Whitten had much to reflect upon that night as he lay in his hospital bed! E.J. Whitten was nothing if not a quick learner. He soon realised that the best way to achieve success in the sport he loved was to intimidate rather than be intimidated, and if 90% of this was bluster it nevertheless could not mask the fact that he was also a supremely gifted - and tough - exponent of the game. Aside from participating in Footscray's famous 1954 premiership win Whitten did not enjoy much success at club level during his career. His volatile personality and fondness for back-chatting meant that he seldom fared well with the umpires. This book is a great read.
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