In this episode of At the ‘G, host Anthony Hudson takes us back 65 years to the 1956 Summer Olympic Games which saw the Melbourne Cricket Ground play host to unforgettable sporting feats as the main stadium for Australia’s, and the southern hemisphere’s, first Games.
Athletes from the 1956 Games, Marlene Matthews and Gloria Cook Wigney, reflect on the highs and lows of competing, Bruce McAvaney details the extraordinary feats of Betty Cuthbert and Shirley Strickland on the MCG track, while Gordon Bennett, David Studham and Jed Smith share little-known facts on how the Melbourne Games came to life.
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