Glory Glory My Life

Glory, Glory : My Life
ISBN: 9781863956871
Publication Date: 27 August 2014

A gentleman off the field and a brute on it, John Sattler was one of the most feared players of his era. He was equally renowned for his toughness and courage: famously, he played 77 minutes in the 1970 Grand Final with a shattered jaw, leading the Rabbitohs to victory over Manly. Here for the first time he tells his own story in his own words and in his style: honest, uncompromising and direct.

It's the story of a boy from the bush who led the ride of the League back to its rightful place at the top of the Sydney premiership. Along the way, Sattler toured with the Kangaroos, played in four winning Grand Finals and survived a near-fatal car crash. While he later built a new life for himself as a proud Queensland, Sattler will always remain a South Sydney legend and an icon of the game.

The story of a rugby league legend.

About the Authors

Played 195 first-grade matches for the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 1963 to 1972. He captained the club to four Grand Final victories between 1967 and 1971, before finishing his club career with three seasons in the Brisbane Rugby League. He was a member of the 1967-68 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France, and captained Australia in three of his four Test matches.

Peter Badel is one of Australia's leading sports writers. An award-winning journalist, Badel has covered some of Australia's major sporting events, including the 2006 Commonwealth games, rugby league and cricket World Cups, State of Origin series and the past 15 NRL grand finals.

Now chief league writer of The Courier-Mail in Brisbane, Badel began his career at Big League magazine in 1998 and worked briefly at the Sun Herald before joining the Sunday Telegraph in 2003.

He regularly breaks rugby league's biggest stories and has 'ghosted' columns f...