Cazaly: The Legend: Roy Cazaly's extraordinary story is one of the great tales of Australian Football.

Roy Cazaly’s extraordinary story is one of the great tales of Australian Football. Born in the depths of a depression, he overcame humble beginnings and personal setbacks to become one of our most celebrated footballers. His sublime skills and thrilling aerial feats made him a legend in his lifetime, with his name carried into the modern era via Mike Brady’s hymn to football - ‘Up There Cazaly’. In 1996 he became one of 12 inaugural Legends of Australian Football Hall of Fame. A relentless self-improver, Cazaly shaped the game’s development, applied his own theories to fitness, training and teamwork, and coached teams to premiership success. Away from the field, he enriched the lives of many more as a physiotherapist, horse trainer, philosopher and family man. Robert Allen’s meticulous research, gathered over 10 years, reveals in great detail the story of the man behind the catch cry. “Little did I know when I wrote Up there Cazaly back in 1979 that I had chosen as a subject a man who was revered as a sportsman of many facets including fairness, a fair go and healthy living. He was ahead of his time.” Mike Brady Robert Allen’s interest in writing about Australian Football began at 14, when a relative gave him a Victorian Football League scrapbook and he spent the 1982 season diligently cutting and pasting the articles that chronicled Carlton’s premiership success. Reading background stories behind Melbourne’s tribal relationship with the game gave him his first insights into football’s great history. His love of history was further honed at high school and university and his early football writing resulted in a number of articles for the AFL Record, the Footy Almanac, Australianfootball.com and other publications. Robert’s interest in telling Roy Cazaly’s life story was sparked after he wrote an article on Cazaly’s Tasmanian football career for the Tasmanian magazine, 40 Degrees South. He subsequently met several of Cazaly’s descendants and decided a biography would be a fitting tribute to a man whose crowded life coincided with the growth and evolution of the game through the first half of the 20th century. Part homage, part social history, Cazaly, The Legend chronicles Cazaly’s enduring influence on our national game and the forces which helped shape the man behind the legend. Robert is a member of the Australian Football Heritage Group and co-founder of the Queensland Australian Football Forensics. He lives in Brisbane with his three children and a ginger cat named Thomas O’Malley. He still dreams of playing for Carlton.

Table of Contents:
Preface; Begginings; Migration on a Massive Scale; Boom and Bust; A Childhood by the Lake; A Raw Colt Fom the Paddock; A Premiership Thrown in the Air; Football During the War; Recess and Resumption; Peace and Instability; 'Up There Cazaly!'; An Unhappy Coaching Stint; Trials and Tribulations; Carnival Capers; A Spell in the Country; Back to the Lake; Roast Chicken Every SUnday; Depression Football; Fights and a Flag; From Ugly Ducklings to Premiers; Lakeside Lament; The Legion of the Lost; Among the Wowsers; Modest Expectations; From Mayblooms to Hawks; Home-Front; Healling Hands; Return of the Prodigal Son; One Last Hurrah; Time On; Siren; Post 1963; The Legend Grows; Reappraising the Legend; Afterward; Life and Career Highlights; Contemporary Honours; Roy Cazaly's Advice to Players; 'Up There Cazaly' Over Time; Playings Career Summary; Coaching Career Summary; TruthCazaly Award WInners; A Note on Objectives, Methods and Sources; Acknowledgements; Chapter Endnotes; References; Index

About the Author :
Robert Allens interest in writing about Australian Football began at 14, when a relative gave him a Victorian Football League scrapbook and he spent the 1982 season diligently cutting and pasting the articles that chronicled Carltons premiership success. Reading background stories behind Melbournes tribal relationship with the game gave him his first insights into footballs great history. His love of history was further honed at high school and university and his early football writing resulted in a number of articles for the AFL Record, the Footy Almanac, Australianfootball.com and other publications. Roberts interest in telling Roy Cazalys life story was sparked after he wrote an article on Cazalys Tasmanian football career for the Tasmanian magazine, 40 Degrees South. Robert is a member of the Australian Football Heritage Group and co-founder of the Queensland Australian Football Forensics. He lives in Brisbane with his three children and a ginger cat named Thomas OMalley. He still dreams of playing for Carlton.