Football For Freedom And WW2 Heritage In Autralia

https://footy4freedom.com/ ^ | December 15, 2024 | Ozguy1945

[Ozguy1945]

Open Letter To Mark Williams: For Heritage And Freedom

Dear Mark,

you and your dad now stand together in a grassroots arts display at a national heritage site in the fourth biggest country in the world, the Republic Of Indonesia. The site, Air Kaca, is sacred to the memory of General Douglas MacArthur, sometimes known as The Saviour Of Australia.

I find it amazing, Mark, that your dad achieved everything he achieved in football, after starting his senior career at the age of 24, because for five years he sacrificed playing sport to join the fight against fascism and imperialism in WW2.

Mark, please consider supporting my suggestion that Melbourne and Port Adelaide compete next year for the Williams-Barassi Cup on Sunday the 15th June at Adelaide Oval in honour of the footy giants, your father, Foster Neil Williams and Ronald Dale Barassi. (In future when the two teams clash in Melbourne, it could be possibly called the Barassi-Williams Cup.)

I think this suggestion works now because of the astonishing fact that you are still coaching, 75 years after your dad started his legendary career by coaching the original Magpies in 1950.

The story of Ron Barassi and his dad makes the two names, Williams and Barassi, a fitting pair.

In 1940, Ronald Senior was a premiership player for Melbourne Football Club but lost his life at the WW2 Seige Of Tobruk less than a year later.

The world can still learn from patriotic champions like Fos Williams and both Barassis.

Can you help, Mark?