Fronting Up
Australian Soccer and the First World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12220016 |
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| Authors | Ian Syson (0000-0002-3173-861X, College of Arts, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 18 |
| Pages | 2345-2361 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09523367.2014.911730 |
| OpenAlex | W2030521485 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Soccer is rarely remembered as a vital part of Australia's military history and the Anzac legacy. Yet, soccer contributed greatly in the First World War. In terms of moral support, enlistment, participation and ‘sacrifice’, soccer was at the forefront of sporting-body commitment. Using recently digitised newspaper archives, this paper will outline soccer's place in the Australian armed forces during the First World War, especially in relation to the Australian Rules states of Western Australia and Victoria, as a part of an overall project intending to reveal soccer's place in Australian culture
Advertising · Ancient history · First world war · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sacrifice · Sociology · World War II · History · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Highly cited | No |
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