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- "I go to the football to cheer for my team, (en)
- "Swift as an eagle on the wing (en)
- He leaps high in the air and kicks the volume round. (en)
- Describes a curving parabola there— (en)
- High in mid-air, when rapid it has flown (en)
- Holds fast the ball, then with a sudden spring (en)
- I go to the football to hear myself scream." (en)
- It falls, and far beyond the 'true-blues' base. (en)
- Obedient to this hero's skillful care, (en)
- So turns the ball its bending course and fair. (en)
- The ball emits a hollow moaning sound. (en)
- The football rushes whistling through the air (en)
- Then—as a bomb, by blazing powder thrown (en)
- With many abound it stops its headlong race." (en)
- "What I saw of it struck me as the fastest game I have ever seen. ... The science of the Victorian game of football may be too quick for a stranger to grasp at first sight, or an artist to depict with justice." (en)
- "I have painted aspects of the game and will no doubt paint more, as football is a reflection of modern values and violence." (en)
- "If you add the element of danger to dance, then you're getting close to Australian football." (en)
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- — Bell's Life in Victoria, 1860, on football pioneer and "goalsneak" William Hammersley. Fanciful verse of this kind was common in early match reports. (en)
- — Dave Warner, "Suburban Boy" (en)
- — Harry Furniss, Irish illustrator, 1888 (en)
- — Martin Flanagan, And the Big Men Dance (en)
- — Noel Counihan (en)
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