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AFL legends Adam Goodes and Michael O’Loughlin are blood brothers and nice buddies. also they are of the easiest footballers ever to play for the Sydney Swans. among them, they performed over 650 video games and kicked over 900 goals.

But what have been Goodesy and Magic like once they have been childrens? what sort of scrapes did they get into in class? And what used to be it wish to cross from being common children to AFL superstars?

Find out all this and lots more and plenty extra in Kicking Goals, the tale of Adam and Michael’s friendship of their personal phrases, as advised to Anita Heiss.

An Andyamathanha and Norungga guy born in Wallaroo, Adam Goodes made his senior AFL debut in 1999, and received the AFL emerging celebrity Award that 12 months. Adam has accomplished every thing to which an AFL footballer can aspire. he's the video games list holder with the Sydney Swans, has two times tasted Grand ultimate victory, has two times been the recipient of Australian Football’s optimum person honour, the Brownlow Medal, has been named his club’s most sensible and Fairest participant thrice, has earned All-Australian honours 4 instances, has captained Australia opposed to eire in overseas ideas soccer and is a member of the AFL’s Indigenous workforce of the Century. In acceptance of his group involvement and his enterprise but compassionate crusade opposed to racism, Adam used to be named Australian of the yr in 2014.

Michael O’Loughlin used to be drafted to the Sydney Swans in 1994 and performed the 1st of his 303 senior AFL video games for the membership the next yr. He performed in 3 AFL grand finals, used to be the club’s top and fairest participant in 1998, and used to be two times All-Australian and two times represented Australia in overseas principles. A member of the AFL’s Indigenous workforce of the Century, Michael used to be a key participant within the Sydney Swans’ 2005 Premiership crew. while he retired from soccer in 2009, he did in order some of the most cherished and adorned gamers within the background of the South Melbourne / Sydney Swans soccer membership. for the reason that striking up the boots, Michael has been Head trainer of the AIS-AFL Academy, coached the Indigenous All-Stars staff which toured eire in 2013, and has now come “home” to the Swans – as Head trainer of the QBE Sydney Swans Academy.

Dr Anita Heiss is the writer of non-fiction, historic fiction, advertisement women's fiction, poetry, social observation and go back and forth articles. She is a life-time Ambassador of the Indigenous Literacy beginning and a proud member of the Wiradjuri kingdom of primary NSW. Anita used to be a finalist within the 2012 Human Rights Awards and the 2013 Australian of the 12 months Awards. She lives in Sydney.