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October 2010
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WatchSkinny Love - Kick it, Squeeze It
I filmed this entirely on my iPhone 4 on a Sunday afternoon in Melbourne. I velcroed the phone to my bike helmet. Bon Iver’s Skinny Love is the song, and it also describes my bike, a Deus SR400 TT, customised by www.deus.com.au - my skinny bike, which you need to kick into action and squeeze the life out of - and it then loves you back. The graffiti is in Hosiers...
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Pleading the Fleeting Moment to Remain
A day in the city with my son.
September 2010
11 posts
Ron Barassi, Jim Stynes and the MCG
I had the great experience of watching a game recently with two great Melbourne people, both of whom have had a profound influence on my life.
Has our game produced any greater stories than Ron Barassi and Jim Stynes?
I wrote the following in the weeks after I started back as CEO of Melbourne in late 2008. Whilst clearly progress has been made since I penned this, and this season reinforced the...
WatchLoving the Deus. Pure.
The Emblem of the Team We Love →
The inspiration for the emblem came from a trip to FCBarcelona last year.
We were being shown around by a club official, and our discussion started with a detailed explanation of the FCB logo and all of its elements.
Somehow, we have managed to homogenise the look and feel of our AFL club’s in an effort to remain contemporary. In doing so, we have hidden the reasons why our clubs are...
We Should Be So Honoured
My speech from the 2010 Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Best and Fairest.
“In the heart of Depression Melbourne, in the early 1930’s, a man by the name of Percy Page was appointed Secretary of the Melbourne Football Club.
He came from Richmond, who, with Collingwood was the power team of that time, tough inner suburban Clubs where playing a game of league footy meant food on the table...
August 2010
7 posts
George Doig - The Bradman of Football
I lived in Perth for seven years and took it upon myself to fully embrace West Australia’s rich football tradition, particularly that which emanated from Fremantle.
During my time in Perth, I got to know George Doig and his family. George was a beautiful and humble man whose incredible football achievements were almost forgotten. In old age, George’s legend was rekindled and he...
The Saddest Loss
Artist Owen Abrahams captures the 1940 grand final in a stunning new print
Article by Matt Burgan www.melbournefc.com.au OWEN Abrahams met Cameron Schwab in a chance meeting at a Fitzroy art gallery last year. Schwab, who has a passion for art, asked about two of Abrahams’ pieces, which he entered into this particular exhibition: ‘The Old Fitzroy, 1935’ and ‘Victoria Park, 1966’. Both were...
How they saved the Tigers is worth celebrating -... →
Saving Our Skin…
I cannot believe it is twenty years ago, but this was a remarkable time.
It took great courage and incredible commitment from some great people. Jack Dyer was the spirit and Neville Crowe was the inspiration.
I well recall the first words spoken to me by Jack when I was appointed General Manager o the Tigers. He said “Congratulations son, and whatever you do,...
The Burden of Forgiveness
I wrote this in September 2000
When you are a kid, you don’t have much cause or reason to give your surname. Those who need to know it do, and a child’s life is such that they are rarely required to divulge this piece of information. You are simply Cameron, your mates are Davids, Craigs, Gregs, and generally there is more than one of each. Your whole identity is locked up in this single piece...
July 2010
1 post
brettcoffey asked: Hi Cam,
I am interested about your relationship with your father when you said:
"Most of the time, having your own real life hero was more important. If nothing else it made me a very charitable child in terms of my expectations of Dad as a father.
As I grew older I became far less charitable, and I judged Dad harshly."
Is this...
I am interested about your relationship with your father when you said:
"Most of the time, having your own real life hero was more important. If nothing else it made me a very charitable child in terms of my expectations of Dad as a father.
As I grew older I became far less charitable, and I judged Dad harshly."
Is this...
May 2010
3 posts
Three cheers for the opposition
Our sport, and in particular its key decision makers, can look proudly at the many times where it has set an agenda far bigger than the game itself.
The role of social leader is sometimes forced upon AFL football by moments which pressure the game to take stock. More often however, it is driven by people who are at the heart of the game and whose expectations are way higher than simply accepting...
April 2010
28 posts
