Welcome to Aussie Rules - An American Perspective
G'day and welcome to my
reincarnated website! Back in early 1999, I launched my initial footy
website - "Aussie Rules - An American Point of View." My
original intent was to show Australians how hard it is for us Americans to
follow footy in the States and how dedicated we are to overcoming all obstacles
in our paths to get a view of the game each week. The tremendous response
it received from Australians (and American footy fans) was simply
overwhelming.
This new website continues to build
on that effort plus updates the information from my original website.
An American in love with Aussie
Rules? What's this all about?
I'm sure it's a bit odd that an
American could go head over heels for such a foreign sport (at least to those in
the USA anyway!). Australian Rules Football, or "footy" as Australians
refer to it, is a non-stop, action filled war that caught my attention from the
first day I discovered it on ESPN back in June of 1983. To live in the United
States and follow footy requires the American to be a dedicated and ardent fan
of the sport itself as much as his favorite team.
I would like to share with
you my experiences with footy and provide some general information for those not
familiar with the sport.
A Brief Overview of this Website
Here's a quick overview of what
you'll find here at this website:
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In
the Spotlight takes a look at the story of how my original website
gained the attention of the AFL and, subsequently, all footy fans in
Australia. (COMPLETE)
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My
Footy Story is, in essence, the book on how a young American
teenager fell in love with the sport of footy through watching it on ESPN in
the 1980s. It is also the story of the struggles I had to endure to
follow the sport here in the USA. (80% COMPLETE)
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My
Footy Career is a recap of my two year stint with the Orange County
Bombers of the California Australian Football League (CAFL) in the USA. (INACTIVE)
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Meeting
Paul Roos was one of my most memorable footy experiences ever when he put
on footy clinics all throughout the USA in 1999. (INACTIVE)
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Footy
Basics is for the benefit of those newcomers to the sport.
This was a research paper I submitted in English 101 in my Freshman year of
college that received an "A." (COMPLETE)
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Collingwood
Salute is a brief tribute to my favorite footy club. The page
features some of the stars I followed religiously during my early years of
following the Magpies. (INACTIVE)
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Peter
Landy Tribute is a salute to my favorite footy commentator of all
time, the now-retired Peter Landy. (COMPLETE)
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EA Sports AFL 9x
is a quick peek at my dream-come-true in the computer gaming world. (INACTIVE)
Thanks for taking the time to visit
my website and please feel free to drop me a line to let me know what you think
of Aussie Rules - An American Perspective!
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