Rod Laver
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Oct 31, 2026
Donna KelsoGUEST
So a lot of the ball kids, a lot of the line umpires came from Bill's tennis school.
Donna KelsoGUEST
Bill was a former player in the era of Rod Laver, Ken Rosewell, etc.
Donna KelsoGUEST
Anyway, so I tried out to be a ball girl.
Donna KelsoGUEST
age 14.
Colm TóibínHOST
Ex-tennis players are always so sad, aren't they? I know.
Colm TóibínHOST
You see the you see the camera on them in the crowd and you go, oh, my God, is that Rod Laver? And oh, my God, is that Billie Jean King? And you go, Agassi, you know, all those guys, Connors, McEnroe.
Colm TóibínHOST
We spend so much of our lives watching.
Colm TóibínHOST
Suddenly they're all gone.
Jason CadeeHOST
So I look at it and go, well, Afterpay Arena is probably the biggest arena we've got, so it should be there with 20,000.
Jason CadeeHOST
Obviously, you've got Rod Laver, you've got RAC.
Jason CadeeHOST
Adelaide doesn't have a big venue, so I think that makes it tricky.
Jason CadeeHOST
I think you've got to be looking at at least 17-plus to be able to get it because I think it'll demand that much.
Jason CadeeHOST
But I ultimately would like to see it in one of the bigger venues so more people can go and watch.
Brayden HeslehurstHOST
Yeah, absolutely.
Brayden HeslehurstHOST
I think Rod Laver is a good one if it is in Melbourne.
Brayden HeslehurstHOST
I think we could fill out $20,000 or near that mark.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
Don't mind it.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
Number four, Rod Laver.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
He won the Grand Slam calendar for the calendar year twice, didn't he? He did.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
Yeah.
Mat RogersHOST
And again, just a man of the people.
Mat RogersHOST
He's one of us.
Mat RogersHOST
Number five, Rod Laver, same reason, calendar grand slam twice.
Mat RogersHOST
Number six, Emma McKeon, the most decorated Olympian of all time for Australia.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
I'm assuming that's Ash Barty.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
Rod Laver, Emma McKeon, Mark Eller.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
The Vulcan, Greg Norman.
Mat RogersHOST
Oh, it's not a bad list.
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Mat RogersHOST
name, 736.
Mat RogersHOST
It is Don Bradman.
Mat RogersHOST
Don Bradman, Ian Thorpe, Shane Warne, Rod Laver, Dawn Fraser, Yvonne Gulligan-Cawley, Lane Beachley.
Mat RogersHOST
Wow.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
Don't mind it.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
Number four, Rod Laver.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
He won the Grand Slam calendar for the calendar year twice, didn't he? He did.
Jarrod CrokerHOST
Yeah.
Mat RogersHOST
And again, just a man of the people.
Mat RogersHOST
He's one of us.
Mat RogersHOST
Number five, Rod Laver, same reason, calendar grand slam twice.
Mat RogersHOST
Number six, Emma McKeon, the most decorated Olympian of all time for Australia.
Mitch MelnickHOST
sure.
Michael FarberGUEST
Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall.
Michael FarberGUEST
Ken Rosewall's nickname was Muscles.
Eric EdholmGUEST
And
Mitch MelnickHOST
Yes, sure.
Michael FarberGUEST
Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall.
Michael FarberGUEST
Ken Rosewall's nickname was Muscles.
Michael FarberGUEST
And John Alexander, a next generation Australian tennis player, ended up marrying a woman from Toronto, Michelle.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
I'm talking about someone who dominated and competed at the highest of level on the worldwide stage with all due respect to rugby and sports that are – you know, that are contested in that corner of the world, he's doing it on the worldwide stage.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
And there are people like Ian Thorpe and there are people like Rod Laver.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
And I know there are others as well who have done it.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
And I just think that he is in that conversation now.
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Niko PajarilloGUEST
And I think we've built these guys to as big as they can be, particularly Bob.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
Just for context, you know, I was, I was looking up different sites, typing in greatest Australian athletes of all time and the list change based on who's writing it.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
But three, you know, I think consistent names that kept coming up were Sir Donald Bradman, Ian Thorpe, Rod Laver.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
I'll be honest, very familiar with Ian Thorpe, very familiar with Laver.
Jon AnikHOST
I have a question for the Australians out there.
Jon AnikHOST
Is it fair to put Alexander Volkanovski in the Pantheon of Australia's greatest athletes alongside legends like Rod Laver and Ian Thorpe? Because from where I'm sitting, Volk has earned his place in that conversation.
Jon AnikHOST
Absolutely.
Jon AnikHOST
Kenny, there's no doubt about it.
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