Eddie

The rise and rise of Eddie McGuire

Michael Bodey

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Hachette Australia
25 August 2015

Biography: arts & entertainment; Biography - Australian

From working-class Broadmeadows to the Collingwood boardroom - the fascinating biography of one of Australia's best-known businessmen, media personalities and footy club presidents.

Eddie charts the incredible rise of Edward Joseph McGuire AM from his childhood in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows, through his nightclub days as an ambitious young sports reporter to the heights of Australian television, politics, radio and the AFL.

The son of a former Glaswegian coalminer who wanted a better life for his family, Eddie was born in Australia and grew up in a housing commission home in Melbourne. As a teenager he was already showing the hardworking traits that would see him become a multimillionaire and self-made man. After winning a scholarship to Christian Brothers he started his working life as a cadet sports reporter that would lead to his rise to the presidency of arguably the most popular football club in the land, Collingwood; his creation of Channel Nine's 'The Footy Show'; his ascent to become Australian television's 'Eddie Everywhere' before his unlikely appointment as Nine's CEO and 'Five Million Dollar Man'; as well as his political ambitions, including his role alongside Malcolm Turnbull heading the republican campaign.

Covering Eddie McGuire's many triumphs, feuds, his missteps, his successes, the turnaround of his beloved Magpies and his seemingly unstoppable rise, this is the inspiring and unique story of the ultimate working-class boy made good.

By: Michael Bodey
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 534g
ISBN: 9780733632549
ISBN 10: 0733632548
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 25 August 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Bodey is a media and film writer for THE AUSTRALIAN, Australia's national broadsheet. Previously he was media writer and showbiz editor for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, Sydney's bestselling daily paper. He is the author of the Walkley Award long-listed BROADCAST WARS.

Reviews for Eddie: The rise and rise of Eddie McGuire

Review * Weekend Australian * easy, entertaining reading, highlighting the varied qualities that drive McGuire * Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday Age, Canberra Times *