Literature
Australian rules football plays a major role in Phillip Gwynne's 1998 novel Deadly, Unna?. Saturday Afternoon Fever is a 2004 football novel by Melbourne comedian Matthew Hardy. The book—set in suburban Melbourne during the socially turbulent 1970s—follows a young boy on weekend trips to the outer, specifically to see his hero, St Kilda star Trevor Barker. There have been a wide range of non-fiction books written about the sport, along with biographies and autobiographies written by players.
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