The Player/Heart of Gold Australian Story : Season 2 Episode 16
ABC 30m int(0)
Aired: May 31st, 1997 @ 8:00 PM EST on ABC
The Player AFL Legend Ron Barassi introduces this Australian Story about a man with a remarkable flair for managing football teams. He is Richard Colless, Perth born former footie player, businessman and chairman, first of the West Coast Eagles and now the Sydney Swans. The normally very private and self-effacing Colless is credited with providing the acumen that turned the Swans from a national laughing stock to the toast of the town. He first came to prominence in W.A. where he was the founding chairman of the West Coast Eagles who became the first non Victorian ...