Champion goalkicker Templeton swaps the field for the novel VFL legend Kelvin Templeton releases debut novel Collision, exploring 1970s football violence and the search for identity after sport.

Champion goalkicker Templeton swaps the field for the novel

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Footy legend Kelvin Templeton draws on bloody days of 70s VFL in debut novel The former Footscray and Melbourne star reflects on the once-brutal world of Australian football with the release of his novel, Collision, an exploration of the stoicism and quiet anxieties of Australian masculinity.

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