Born To Play: The Barry Davis Story

“”Don’t you dare say anything until you calm down, we’ll talk about this then.”” The vitriolic Ron Barassi had been on the verge of delivering a fire-and-brimstone ‘spray’ at his captain Barry Davis, only to back off. Inside the rooms, the issue was soon settled. Davis, the purest of champions was a born diplomat. A three-time League premiership player, skilled, competitive and super fit, Davis led North Melbourne to its first ever flag in 1975. The image of him being embraced immediately afterwards by a grateful Barassi is one of footy’s great images. This tribute by Barry’s brother Ken comes 60 years after Davis first walked into Windy Hill beginning one of the most illustrious careers of all. A member of both the Essendon and North Melbourne’s Teams of the Century, Davis was player, team-man, captain, coach, motivator, mentor and family man…he was truly Born to Play. —- ISBN: 9780992522896 | ISBN10: 0992522897 | ISBN-13: 978-0992522896