Ron Barassi

Sporting legend Ron Barassi is seen as a man who has done much with the gifts he was born with.  As a player and team captain he played in eight grand final matches of Australian Rules Football and as an AFL coach he led three underdog teams to premiership success.

He believes that he’s been dealt good cards in life, and wants to know if his ancestors were dealt good cards too.  His philosophy in life is that you’re dealt the cards and you should be judged on how you then play those cards…

Both as a player and a coach Ron Barassi developed a reputation for being a tough, uncompromising man of principle. This was highlighted recently when he made national news headlines as a latter day knight in shining armour coming to the rescue of a young woman being bashed in the street only to end up being attacked himself.  So is the staunch straight-talking Ron Barassi a product of his ancestry?

Diana Pepper is the researcher for this episode and can be contacted at: diana@artemisfilms.com

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