Dempsey, Bill,  1942- <br/><br/>
The boy from Birdum :  the Bill Dempsey story / 
Bill Dempsey with Steve Hawke. 
 - 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, portraits ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Bill Dempsey is a humble achiever. He is known primarily as a champion footballer with West Perth and the Darwin Buffaloes. A premiership captain who played over 400 games in 20 seasons in Perth and the Northern Territory, and a member of the AFL's Indigenous Team of the Century, his record and his achievements compare with the very best. He is revered as a true legend at West Perth. Bill has led a remarkable life. Born in the shadow of Japanese bombing raids in 1942. Forcibly removed from his mother after the death of his father and baby sister, he was a stolen child who never lost contact with his family and found a second family amongst his fellow inmates at the Retta Dixon Home. Brought to Perth at the age of seventeen as a 'spare wheel' to his mate Jim Anderson, he stayed on to become a football champion and a trailblazer as an Aboriginal entrepreneur throughout the 80s. In The Boy from Birdum, Bill tells his story frankly, courageously, and with the charismatic flair of a natural-born yarn spinner. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781925936049 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Dempsey, Bill, 1942- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Retta Dixon Children's Home.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Australian football players--Northern Territory--Biography.<br/>Aboriginal Australians--Northern Territory--Biography.<br/>Australian football players--Western Australia--Perth--Biography.<br/>Aboriginal Australians--Western Australia--Perth--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Autobiographies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.336092