Ron Barassi was, for much of his life, the best known person in Australian rules football. His career spanned five decades. He won six premierships as a player, and four as a coach. His personal story pulsed alongside that of the country, taken in as a teen by Norm Smith and his wife after Ron Barassi Snr was killed at Tobruk.
Barassi was a formidable f…
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