Author(s): John Craven

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The Conquerors is a literary feast for all sports-loving Australians and history enthusiasts. It embraces 33 sports and gives fascinatingly-stunning insights into the lives and careers of 100 of the Geelong Region’s greatest all-time international sporting luminaries – in the studious opinion of the award-winning journalist and promoter John Craven, an unashamed Geelong patriot. The Conquerors pays tribute to top-flight Test cricketers Lindsay Hassett, Ian Redpath, Allan Connolly, Paul Sheahan and Aaron Finch, Olympic medallists Russell Mockridge and Leigh Howard (cycling), John Landy and Nathan Deakes (athletics), Trish Fallon and Michelle Chandler (basketball), Peter Doak (swimming), Dick Garrard (wrestling), Rebecca Joyce (rowing), Graeme Lloyd (baseball), Kate Allen (triathlon), and the modern-day heroine Jakara Anthony (mogul skiing) - plus a plethora of Commonwealth Games superstars, world record holders, Paralympians and other illustrious champions.