Australian Sports Museum
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Oct 20, 2026
Shannon GillGUEST
We should be celebrating 100 years.
Shannon GillGUEST
So I want to give thanks to Trevor Riddell at the MCC Library and Alexandra McLennan at the Australian Sports Museum who have put me onto this.
Shannon GillGUEST
And you'll read about it in the footy record this weekend.
Shannon GillGUEST
So if you are at games at the MCG this weekend, drop into the Australian Sports Museum immediately.
Shannon GillGUEST
If you're into this sort of stuff, because in 1925, what happened was that, uh, this was the first Saturday that fell on an Anzac day after world war one.
Shannon GillGUEST
So a hundred years ago was the first time that Anzac day fell on a Saturday.
Joe McGillHOST
And you have a pair of his shoes here, his running shoes.
Siobhan DoyleGUEST
Olympics in Melbourne where he won a gold medal for I think it was the 1500 metres but he was only 21 when he won he was definitely an underdog and I have the shoes that he wore in Melbourne they never made their way back to Ireland with him they're actually in the Australian Sports Museum in Melbourne so our objects of Irish sports spread far and wide and I suppose Ronnie, you know, there was a lot of, you know, celebration of him afterwards and it was hopeful that, you know, he'd go on to win more medals and more championships.
Siobhan DoyleGUEST
But sadly, due to an Achilles heel injury, he had to retire from running a couple of years later.
Siobhan DoyleGUEST
But like I think he was only 25 or 26. when he retired but he still had such a presence within Irish sport even though his international career didn't last as long as it should have.
Shannon GillGUEST
But it eventually does find that.
Shannon GillGUEST
So it now, the Australian Football Hall of Fame, if you don't know, now sits in the National Sports Museum at the MCG.
Shannon GillGUEST
So that happens in 2008.
Shannon GillGUEST
The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is also there.