TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - The suicide of Thomas Wentworth Wills
JO  - Medical journal of Australia
A1  - de Moore, G. M.
SP  - 656
EP  - 658
VL  - 171
IS  - 11-12
N2  - Thomas Wentworth Wills was the most important Australian sportsman of his time. He captained the Victorian colony at cricket and was the first hero of Australian football. Although his picture now adorns the conservative Melbourne Cricket Club, he died in 1880, an isolated, destitute alcoholic, after stabbing himself in the heart. Wills embodied a tradition, as prevalent today as it was over 100 years ago, that weds sport with alcohol in Australian culture.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-729X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -