Leigh Matthews
Birthday: 1952-03-01
Place of Birth: Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Biography: Leigh Matthews is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for Hawthorn and coached Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Considered one of the most profound names in football history, he won 4 premierships as a player, 4 as a coach, and was elevated to 'Legend Status' in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Movies
Hawthorn The Electrifying 80's
Seven successive Grand Finals, four premierships and a string of champion players....
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The Final Story 2001
Arguably the two most talented teams to ever meet in a Grand Final, the Brisbane Lions were on their...
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Tony Shaw Captain Courageous
The name Shaw is synonymous with Collingwood. The name Tony Shaw belongs now in the history books of...
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The Road to Victory
Collingwood Football Club, the most famous sporting club in Australia. Despite being the major headl...
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The Final Story 1990
It had been 32 years of pain for Collingwood trying once again to overcome their Grand Final hoodoo ...
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The Final Story 1971
Regarded as the most physical Grand Final ever played. 40 Years On: The Final Story provides a uniq...
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A Tribute to Darren Millane
While Millane's magnificent career may have ended in tragic circumstances on 7 October, 1991, his me...
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Persistent 'Pies
I 1992, Collingwood had to battle against the most overwhelming odds, but throughout the trials and ...
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Heart of The Game
When the last quarter of an Essendon versus Carlton game was broadcast on Easter Sunday in 1957, a n...
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The Passion to Play
For more than 100 years, Australian Rules Football has generated a passionate followinf amungst mill...
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The Final Story 1984
Two clubs that hated yet respected each other, the Hawthorn and Essendon rivalry of the 1980's is th...
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The Noughties
New decade - new heroes - new villains. It was a decade in which the Grand Final winners told the st...
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Magpie Milestones
Through ten years of stellar service to the game's most passionately supported club, Gavin Brown, Mi...
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