140 Ormond Stories
Ruthless but fair
As a young theological student I was mentored by Joe Fraser who was both a key Ormond footballer and a student of Hebrew.
Sport is a fickle beast
Playing intercollegiate football at Ormond I learnt both the sweet joy of victory and hard life lessons about leadership.
He could sure row a boat
In 1953, I shared a study and a rowing boat with future Olympian Jim Howden. I bought a Model A Ford to drive us to training.
I shot a golf ball in the air
When in 1961 a group of friends instigated golf tournament, they had little idea it would continue annually for half a century.
Dawn on the Yarra
The hard work and determination of Ormond's rowing crews is on show in this video of them training on the Yarra in 2017.
Sort of like rock and roll
For two decades Ormondians built tricycles and competed in a 100km intercollegiate trike race.