Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Alan Belcher (footballer), Alby Jacobsen, Alby Murdoch, Arthur Barr-Kemp, Artie Thomas, Bervyn Woods, Billy Leeds, Bill McNamara, Bill Rogers (footballer), Bill Strickland (footballer), Bob M. Wilson, Bruce Brown (footballer), Charles Clements, Charlie Foletta, Charlie May (footballer), Daryl O'Brien, Daryl Schimmelbusch, Dick Casey, Doug Gillespie, Ern Cowley, Frank Anderson (footballer), Frank Dimattina, Fred Fitzgibbon, Fred O'Shea, Fred Robinson (Australian footballer), Geoff McInnes, George Martin (Australian footballer), Graham Leydin, Harry Harker, Herbie Tonkes, Jack Baquie, Jack McKenzie (footballer), Jack Vosti, Jimmy Goonan, Jim Demetriou, Jim McAllester, Joe Johnson (Australian footballer), Joe Kinnear (Australian footballer), John Curtin, John Dowling (Australian rules footballer), John Williams (Australian footballer born 1947), Keith Burns (Australian footballer), Keith Greig, Ken Collicoat, Len Webster, Leo McInerney, Les Abbott, Les Allen (Australian footballer), Maurie Johnson, Merv Hobbs, Newton Chandler, Noel Smith (footballer), Pat O'Loughlin, Peter O'Sullivan (Australian footballer), Ray Powell (footballer), Ray Smith (footballer), Robert Kerr (Australian footballer), Ron Baggott, Ron Clegg, Ron De Iulio, Roy McKay (footballer), Rupert Balfe, Sid Silk, Ted Bourke, Ted Henrys, Tom Clarke (Australian rules footballer), Tony J. Smith, Tony West (footballer), Wally Raleigh, Wally Warden, Wayne Deledio, Wayne Schimmelbusch. Excerpt: John Joseph Curtin (8 January 1885 - 5 July 1945), Australian politician, served as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia. Labor under Curtin formed a minority government in 1941 after the crossbench consisting of two independent MPs crossed the floor in the House of Representatives, bringing down the Coalition minority government of Robert Menzies which resulted from the 1940 election - aside from the formulative early parliaments, the only other hung parliament has resulted from the 2010 election. Curtin led federal Labor to its greatest win with two thirds of seats in the lower house and over 58 percent of the two-party preferred vote, and 55 percent of the primary vote and a majority of seats in the Senate at the 1943 election. Curtin died in 1945 and was succeeded by Ben Chifley, who retained government at the 1946 election with over 54 percent of the two-party vote and a continued Senate majority. Curtin led Australia when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. He is widely regarded as one of the country's greatest Prime Ministers. General Douglas MacArthur said that Curtin was "one of the greatest of the wartime statesmen." His Prime Ministerial predecessor and 1943 election Coalition leader, Arthur Fadden of the Country Party wrote: "I do not care who knows it but in my opinion there was no greater figure in Australian public life in my lifetime than Curtin." Brunswick Football Club during the early 1900s (detail at bottom right) John Curtin in 1908Curtin was born in Creswick in central Victoria. His name is sometimes shown as "John Joseph Ambrose Curtin." He chose the name "Ambrose" as a Catholic confirmation name at around age 14; this was never part of his legal name. He left the Catholic faith as a young man, and also dropped the "Ambrose" from his name. His father was a police officer of Irish descent; Curtin attended school until the age of 14 when he started working for a newspaper in Cres