By Greg Blood

Books published in 2023 that provide historical, biographical and policy insights into Australian sport.

ASSH

• ASSH (SA) Proceedings 2020-22 by Bernard Whimpress, 2023.

Australian Football

• Brilliance & Brutality: Carlton, Richmond and the 1972-73 Grand Finals by Dan Eddy. Melbourne, Slattery, 2023.
• Celestial Footy : The Story of Chinese Heritage Aussie Rules by Patrick Skene, Hardie Grant, 2023. (Review , Footy Almanac)
• Collingwood Forever : The Epic Story of Collingwood’s 2023 Premiership by Geoff Slattery  Dan Eddy  Andrew Gigacz  Peter Di Sisto. Hardie Grant, 2023.
• From the Heart by Trent Cotchin with Glenn McFarlane, Harper Collins, 2023.
• Joel Selwood: All In by Joel Selwood, Hardie Grant, 2023.
• Lance Franklin : My Football Journey. Hardie Grant, 2023.
• Nicky Winmar My Story: From Bush Kid To AFL Legend by Nicky Winmar with Matthew Hardy,  Allen & Unwin,  2023. (Review by Braham Dabscheck, Footy Almanac)
• The Bright Side by Jack Riewoldt. Simon and Schuster, 2023.
• The Footy Jumper Book – Vintage Football Guernseys of Australia. Sporting Nation, 2023 (Review in Footy Almanac).

Australian Sport Policy

• Brownie: The Minister for Good Times by John Brown, Good Times Press, 2023.
• The Great Arm Wrestle : Australian Sport Policy since 1939 by Greg Hartung. Halsted Press, 2023.

Boxing

• Burns v Johnson: World Heavyweight Championship, 1908: 100 Letters by Bernard Whimpress, 2023
• Knockout: Great Australian Boxing Stories  by Grantlee Kieza. Harper Collins, 2023.
• Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers : Australia’s Legendary Travelling Boxing Troupe by Stephen McGrath. Big Sky Publishing, 2023.

Cricket

• Ashes 2023 : A Cricket Classic by Gideon Haigh. Scribe Publications, 2023.
• Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation by Ross McMullin. Scribe Publications, 2023.
• On the Ashes : the greatest sporting contest of all by Gideon Haigh. Allen and Unwin, 2023.
• Sticky Wickets : Australian Cricket’s Controversies and Curiosities by Glen Humphries. Gelding Street Press, 2023.
• The Wanderers: A history of an Adelaide cricket club 1880-96 by Bernard Whimpress, 2023.
• The Bull : David Warner Daring to be Different by Ken Piesse. Wilkinson, 2023.
• Tom Wills: The Insubordinate Life of an Australian Sporting Legend Updated by Greg de Moore. Allen and Unwin, 2023.
• Window Into History: Names from the SA Cricket Association Visitors’ Book 1930-49 by Bernard Whimpress, 2023.

Endurance Sport

• Showing Up : Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable by Nedd Brockman. Simon and Schuster Australia, 2023.

Football

• Australian Soccer – From The Beginning by Ted Simmons. PB Publishing, 2023. (Review by Roy Hay, Footy Almanac)
• Encyclopedia of Matildas Beyond the World Cup 2023 Revised by Andrew and Greg Werner. Fair Play Publishing, 2023.
• Clogball: The Dutch and Soccer in Australia. A migrant story by Adam Muyt. Vulgar Press, 2023.
• Green and Golden Boots: Australia’s Overseas Golden Boot Winners 2nd ed. by Jason Goldsmith. Fair Play Publishing, 2023. (Review by Roy Hay, Footy Almanac)
• Noddy: the Untold Story of Adrian Alston by Phillip Micallef. Fair Play Publishing, 2023.
• The Matilda Effect : Women’s World Cup Wins by Fiona Crawford, Melbourne University Press, 2023.
• Hear Us Roar – an anthology of emerging women football writers. Compiled by Bonita Mersiades, Fair Play Publishing, 2023.
• Women’s football in Oceania by Lee McGowan, Kasey Symons and Yoko Kanemasu. Routledge, 2023.

Horse Racing

• Legends Of The Track : Australia’s Champion Jockeys and Trainers by Alan Whiticker. Gelding Street Press, 2023.

Journalism

• Hell for Leather – The World of a Sporting Journalist by Phil Wilkins. Fair Play Publishing, 2023.

Motor Sport

• Bathurst – 60 Years Of The Great Race   by Steve Normoyle and Luke West. Gelding Street Press, 2023
• Formula One Down Under : Australian Grand Prix History. Gelding Street Press, 2023.
• The Immortals Of Australian Motorcycle Racing: The World Champs by Darryl Flack. Gelding Street Press, 2023.

Rugby League

• Jack Gibson’s Fur Coat: Rugby League Oddities and Artefacts by Glen Humphries, Gelding Street Press, 2023. (Review by Matt O’Hanlon, Footy Almanac)
• The Immortals Of State Of Origin : Rugby League’s Greatest Players by Liam Hauser. Gelding Street Press, 2023.
• The Maher Cup : a Social History of Football in NSW’s Group 9 Towns by Neil Pollock. Pollock Publishing, 2023.
• The Wolf You Feed : Wayne Bennett by Andrew Webster, Pan Macmillan, 2023.

Rugby Union

• The Official History of the Wallabies Jersey : The Journey to Find Wallaby Gold by Michael Fahey & Mark Cashman. Sports Memorabilia Australia, 2023.

Sport Book Reviews

• On Sport by Bernard Whimpress, 2023. (A ollection of 106 book reviews published since 1995 in magazines and journals throughout Australia and the UK.)

Sport Photography

• Krischock on Sport by Bernard Whimpress, 2023. (Best known as a photojournalist whose work featured in the Adelaide Chronicle from 1910 to 1940)

Social Issues

• Personal Score : Sport, Culture, Identity. University of Queensland Press, 2023.

Surf Life Saving

• Candice Warner : Running Strong by Candice Warner. Harper Collins, 2023.

Surfing

• Against the Water: A surfing champion’s inspirational journey to Olympic glory by Owen Wright. Simon & Schuster, 2023.
• Immortals of Australian Surfing by Phil Jarrett. Gelding Street Press, 2023.

Women

• Girls Don’t Play Sport :The Game-changing, Defiant Rise of Women’s Sport, and Why it Matters by Chloe Dalton. Allen and Unwin, 2023.

Additions to this list can be send to the author.