Grand Finals! They are the games in which reputations are forged - for good or bad. Since 1979, the Norm Smith Medal has been awarded to the AFL/VFL player adjudged best on ground in Grand Finals. But what of those who were best on ground before this honour was inaugurated?

Grand Finals have been played since late in the nineteenth century and here, for the first time, is the full collection of the heroes of those battles for premiership honours. Many of the heroes' names have been lost in the mists of time - until now. Here, for the first time, their mighty deeds are recalled.

There has been more than a century of Grand Final heroes and this book pays tribute to all those who were at their best when it mattered most.