Title The short Long book : a portrait of Michael Long, the man who changed the Australian game / Martin Flanagan

Published North Sydney, NSW Vintage Books published by Random House Australia, 2015 ©2015

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Description ix, 151 pages ; 20 cm Summary A portrait of the man who changed the Australian game. In 1995, Aboriginal footballer Michael Long gave the AFL its 'Mandela moment'. He quietly revolutionised Australian sport by refusing to let a racial insult pass during the Anzac Day match between Essendon and Collingwood Analysis Australian Subject Long, Michael, 1969- Australian Football League -- History. Australian football players -- Australia -- Essendon (Vic.) -- Biography. Discrimination in sports -- Australia. Genre/Form Reading nook. Biographies. ISBN 9780857989116 :

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