On the Take: The 1910 Scandal That Changed Australian Football Forever

Author(s): Tony Joel; Mathew Turner

Sport/Hobbies

On The Take shines a light on one of the VFL's earliest stars, Carlton's Alex 'Bongo' Lang, a three-time Premiership player, and his sudden and unexpected fall from grace following his central role in one of the Victorian Football League's most scandalous episodes-when Lang was convicted by the League of taking a bribe to play 'dead' in the semi-final of 1910. '


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780975728703
  • : Slattery Media
  • : Slattery Media
  • : June 2020
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Tony Joel; Mathew Turner
  • : Paperback