On The Take

The 1910 Scandal that Changed Australian Football Forever

On The Take
Tony Joel, Mathew Turner
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Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 320pg
1 May 2020 AU
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9780975728703
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On the Take shines a light on footy' s first major scandal, when one of the VFL' s earliest superstars - Carlton' s Alex "Bongo" Lang, a three-time Premiership hero - and his rookie teammate Doug Fraser experienced a sudden and unexpected fall from grace after the League found them guilty of taking a bribe to ' play dead' in a semi-final in September 1910. In thrilling detail, On the Take presents 1910 as perhaps the single most turbulent season in VFL/AFL history, contextualising it within the League' s development during the formative phase between its establishment in 1897 and the outbreak of the First World War. On the Take explains how and why a champion like Lang could find himself embroiled in a bribery scandal, with the League' s official stance against match payments leaving footballers vulnerable to such shady dealings. Lang' s era was plagued by match-fixing allegations, the open secret of illegal player payments in defiance of VFL rules, and widespread criticism questioning the game' s integrity. Growing tension between the ideals of amateurism and professionalism reached a turning point in the immediate aftermath of the bribery scandal when the League finally legalised player payments - a decision that reverberated across generations into the modern era.
Tony Joel is Associate Professor in History at Deakin University. He has taught sports history at Deakin for over a decade and has won multiple prizes for his teaching, including most recently a National Award for Teaching Excellence (2016). Mathew Turner, PhD, received his doctorate in History from Deakin University where he now teaches in multiple topics including sports history.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780975728703
Published: 1 May 2020
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Macmillan Education Australia
Publisher: Macmillan Education Australia
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 320

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