Essendon Football Club’s new gym facilities have a room named after Australia's first Indigenous Paralympian, Kevin Coombs. The state-of-the-art facilities have become a sports hub for Paralympians in Melbourne. Kevin played for Australia's wheelchair basketball team in five Paralympics. His inspirational story has been published by em PRESS and with the move of the Koorie Heritage Trust to Federation Square, em PRESS has acquired some excess stock of his book A Fortunate Accident – for a review click here. Visit the SHOP ONLINE to buy one of the limited number of copies we have about this sporting hero and exceptionally resilient and compassionate man.
The Rome Paralympics team 1960: 19yo Kevin is on the left hand end of the 2nd row from the back.
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