TY - BOOK AU - Sheedy,Kevin TI - Icons of sport: the greatest Australian sportspeople of my lifetime SN - 9781922400888 U1 - 796.092 23/eng/20211108 PY - 2021/// CY - South Melbourne, Boonwurrung Country, VIC PB - Affirm Press KW - Athletes KW - Australia KW - Biography KW - History KW - Interviews KW - Sports KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Kevin Sheedy crosses codes to celebrate the most iconic Australian sportspeople of his time, paying tribute to the 27 men and women whose feats have most inspired him during a life in sport. From Jack Brabham and Evonne Goolagong Cawley to Lauren Jackson and Cadel Evans, this pantheon of Aussie greats also includes illuminating interviews with John Bertrand, Michelle Payne and Jessica Watson. An old footy rival gets a guernsey too -- with Sheedy honouring Denis Pagan, the former player and coach who reinvented himself as a horse trainer and won the Australian Derby at his first attempt ER -