Silk

By:   Shaun Burgoyne
With:   Martin Blake
Imprint:   HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 241mm,  Width: 165mm,  Spine: 34mm
Weight:   632g
ISBN:   9781460753088
ISBN 10:   1460753089
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   13 October 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely

Shaun Burgoyne played a remarkable 20 seasons in the AFL. He is the Indigenous games record holder and played 407 games, becoming only the fifth man to reach the 400-game milestone. After being taken at number 12 in the 2000 national draft, he played 157 games for Port Adelaide between 2002 and 2009, winning his first premiership in 2004. Hawthorn took a punt on Burgoyne, who had knee troubles, and the trade paid off for both club and player with premierships in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In 2011, Burgoyne was an inaugural member of the AFL Players' Association Indigenous Advisory Board, taking on the role of chairman in 2016. He is a director of ACS Indigenous, a cleaning services company that aims to create employment and career opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Burgoyne lives in Melbourne and is married to Amy, his childhood sweetheart. They have four children: Ky, Percy, Leni and Nixie. Martin Blake has written on sport for 35 years, most of it with The Age. He has covered 30 AFL seasons and several Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, US Masters golf tournaments, the British Open Championship and various Australian cricket tours. He has won numerous awards for writing on Australian football, cricket and golf, and is a member of the MCG Media Hall of Fame. Blake has written several books, including Mighty Fighting Hawks (2015) and The Rise of the Swans (2013), and co-authored bestselling autobiographies with Dane Swan (2016) and Mark 'Bomber' Thompson (2016). Martin writes for Golf Australia, plays far too much golf, and lives in Melbourne.