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And The Big Men Fly
AuthorAlan Hopgood
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAustralian Football League
GenreSport plays
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1st Edition: 1963
2nd Edition: 1988
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN0-85859-494-3
OCLC29319909

And the Big Men Fly is an Australia-based play by Alan Hopgood, written in 1963, and has been adapted to numerous media including a TV series and film.

Its primary subject is a fictional Australian rules football team, the Crows (note: the term predated the Adelaide Crows, which was founded in 1990).

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