Leather Soul by Bob Murphy ethics Convinced they face a self-interested

Convinced they face a self-interested clown

Bill Bowtell

journalist Madeleine Chapman discovers the woman behind the headlines

is suddenly confronted by mortality

Leather Soul by Bob Murphy ethics Convinced they face a self-interestedA young, naive kid, with a brand new football. Over time, the leather aged from the bumps along the trail. The Footscray winters and some glorious liniment scented afternoons. All of the laughs, the scraps, the yarns and characters. The game. It all left a mark on me, on my soul. Bob Murphy has never been a typical footballer. Music buff, Age columnist and Winnebago driver, he is as comfortable in a quiet corner of a Fitzroy caf or the front bar of a