Midget Farrelly’s tribute to Bobby Brown ran in the August 27, 1967, edition of the Sydney Morning Herald. A week earlier, Brown had been killed in a bar fight not far from his home in Cronulla. This version has been slightly edited and shortened. * * * Australian surfing suffered a great loss this week…
“BOBBY BROWN, THE SURFER TREND-SETTER,” BY MIDGET FARRELLY
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- ORAL HISTORY: THE QUIET, BRILLIANT, TRAGIC BOBBY BROWN
- “BOBBY BROWN, THE SURFER TREND-SETTER,” BY MIDGET FARRELLY
- ORAL HISTORY: REMEMBERING AUSSIE TEEN-TERROR KEVIN BRENNAN
- DEAR MIDGET: YOU DESERVED BETTER. WE’RE SORRY. THE SURF MEDIA
- MIDGET AND THE REVOLUTION: A CLOSER LOOK
- MIDGET ON THE 1964 TITLES: “I LIKE TO BE RELAXED AND CONFIDENT [BUT] I FELT ROTTEN.”
- BURNING MAN ’64: DROPPING INTO THE WORLD TITLES at MANLY BEACH