Listen: The footballing genius of Peter Hudson

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Special guest on our Hawks Insiders Safe Space was none other than author Dr Dan Eddy (@DanEddyBooks35) who previewed his upcoming bio about the great Peter Hudson.

Despite being the official Essendon historian, Dan has quite the connection to the brown and gold having written Crimmo, The Peter Crimmins Story and The Norm Smith Medallists in recent years.

In case you missed it, you can listen above to our chat with Dan which includes:

• The reason he loves writing about Hawthorn;

• The emotional connection writing about Huddo;

• The genius of Peter Hudson;

• The John Kennedy anecdote that inspired the book’s title;'

• The landscape of football media back in the ’70s; and

• Huddo and the merger.

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