As we’ve gone through the Greatest Season That Was, it's glaring the lack of females involved in AFL football at the time.

In 1993 Anne Maree Sparkman was one of only a few women who had any public presence in football.

As a sports reporter for Channel Nine, Wide World of Sports and Sports Sunday she’d been a trailblazer.

In and around 1993, Anne Maree was making the best TV features on football anywhere via Sports Sunday on Channel 9. A standard that’s rarely been touched. One of those features on the Fitzroy Football Club was to provide the basis of our earlier episode with Robert Shaw.

Anne Maree joins us to talk about that Fitzroy feature and other stories from 1993 in the Greatest Season That Was.

The Greatest Season That Was: 93 documents our contention that in 1993, footy was never better. Hosted by Adam Collins, Dan Brettig and Shannon Gill, this series is an in-depth exploration of one amazing season. 

The Greatest Season That Was: 93 is produced by Jay Mueller and edited by Thom Lion. Check out Bad Producer Productions for more podcasts. Thanks for listening. Please take a moment to leave a review at Apple Podcasts and be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.  What do you think? Let us know on our Facebook page here.

The Greatest Season That Was: 1993 uses YouTube audio from the following sources:
Various 1993 Channel 7 Football Broadcasts
Channel 7 That Was The Season That Was
Channel 7 Sportsworld
Channel 7 News
Channel 9 Sunday Footy Show
Channel 9 Sports Sunday
Channel 9 News  
Channel 10 News
ABC 7:30 Report.

 

<p style="font-weight: 400;">As we&rsquo;ve gone through the Greatest Season That Was, it's glaring the lack of females involved in AFL football at the time.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In 1993 Anne Maree&nbsp;Sparkman&nbsp;was one of only a few women who had any public presence in football.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As a sports reporter for Channel Nine, Wide World of Sports and Sports Sunday she&rsquo;d been a trailblazer.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In and around 1993, Anne Maree was making the best TV features on football anywhere via Sports Sunday on Channel 9. A standard that&rsquo;s rarely been touched. One of those features on the Fitzroy Football Club was to provide the basis of our earlier episode with Robert Shaw.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Anne Maree joins us to talk about that Fitzroy feature and other stories from 1993 in the Greatest Season That Was.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.twitter.com/TGSTW1993" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Greatest Season That Was: 93</a> documents our contention that in 1993, footy was never better. Hosted by <a href="https://www.twitter.com/collinsadam" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adam Collins</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/danbrettig" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dan Brettig</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ShannonGill13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shannon Gill</a>, this series is an in-depth exploration of one amazing season.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Greatest Season That Was: 93 is produced by <a href="https://www.twitter.com/bad_producer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jay Mueller</a>&nbsp;and edited by <a href="https://www.twitter.com/thom_lion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thom Lion</a>. Check out <a href="https://www.badproducerproductions.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bad Producer Productions</a> for more podcasts.&nbsp;</p>
<div>Thanks for listening. Please take a moment to leave a review at Apple Podcasts and be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.&nbsp;</div>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">The Greatest Season That Was: 1993 uses YouTube audio from the following sources:</p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Various 1993 Channel 7 Football Broadcasts</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Channel 7 That Was The Season That Was</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Channel 7 Sportsworld</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Channel 7 News</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Channel 9&nbsp;Sunday&nbsp;Footy Show</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Channel 9 Sports&nbsp;Sunday</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Channel 9 News &nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Channel 10 News</li>
<li>ABC 7:30 Report.</li>
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A new series from the team at The Greatest Season That Was Presents... US Revolution.

US Revolution features Mason, Shannon Gill and American broadcaster Ed Wyatt in an exploration of Australian Rules Football's US connections. The eight-part series will feature interviews with Paul Roos, Jason Holmes and former ESPN broadcaster Bob Ley. 

Follow The Greatest Season That Was on Twitter - @TGSTW_Presents.

The Greatest Season That Was is produced Jay Mueller and is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network.

<p>A new series from the team at <a href="https://twitter.com/TGSTW_Presents">The Greatest Season That Was Presents</a>... US Revolution.</p>
<p>US Revolution features Mason, <a href="https://twitter.com/ShannonGill13">Shannon Gill</a> and American broadcaster <a href="https://twitter.com/edwyatt">Ed Wyatt</a> in an exploration of Australian Rules Football's US connections. The eight-part series will feature interviews with Paul Roos, Jason Holmes and former ESPN broadcaster <a href="https://twitter.com/BobLeyESPN">Bob Ley</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Follow The Greatest Season That Was on Twitter - <a href="https://www.twitter.com/TGSTW_Presents">@TGSTW_Presents</a>.</p>
<p>The Greatest Season That Was is produced <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jaybillmueller">Jay Mueller</a> and is part of the <a href="https://www.badproducerproductions.com">Bad Producer Podcast Network.</a></p>

An in-depth look at the greatest seasons in world sport

The Greatest Season That Was Presents...

The first season explored Australian Football's greatest season: 1993. Season two made the case that the 1999 Cricket World Cup is Cricket's greatest season. Season three told the story of a failed footy merger that saw one club eventually fade away and the other reach the highest level of success. Season four told the story of Australia A. 

This season reveals the ties between AFL and the USA. 

Presented by Mason Cox, Shannon Gill and Ed Wyatt. Produced by Bad Producer Productions

<p>The first season explored Australian Football's greatest season: 1993. Season two made the case that the 1999 Cricket World Cup is Cricket's greatest season. Season three told the story of a failed footy merger that saw one club eventually fade away and the other reach the highest level of success. Season four told the story of Australia A.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This season reveals the ties between AFL and the USA.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Presented by Mason Cox, Shannon Gill and Ed Wyatt. Produced by <a href="https://www.badproducerproductions.com">Bad Producer Productions</a></p>

Anne-Maree Sparkman was a pioneer in AFL reporting and story-telling. She shares her memories of the Greatest Season That Was: 1993

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