Writer

Greg Hobbs

Show BioHide BioGREG HOBBS spent more than 50 years covering all the major sports for Melbourne newspapers. As well as being a formidable newsbreaker, he was a talented writer and held a number of executive positions. He edited The Sporting Globe and was chief football writer for The Herald. Later he was Editor of the AFL Football Record. Greg was also one of the co-founders of the AFL Media Association.

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Fifty fabulous footballers 

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GREG HOBBS, one of the most experienced sportswriters in the land, opens the batting as our panel of experts try to select, the best Brownlow Medallists More »

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A terrible sequel to a Tigers premiership

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The news shook the whole football world. A VFL premiership captain murdered in his own home, in front of his wife and son. GREG HOBBS takes us back to the drought-breaking Richmond premiership of 1967 and the tragedy that later struck its leader. More »