Tim Rath always had an affinity for football jumpers and is turning his love into a book celebrating country football jumpers from around Australia.
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An avid sport's fan, Rath runs Sporting Nation, a website for unique sporting memorabilia and gifts.
However, this book will be his magnum opus, a collection of some of the best local football jumpers Australia has to offer.
It's only natural then that Rath should return to where his passion began to find stories.
It all started while he was growing up in Nhill.
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"Dad was a primary teacher so we moved around a lot," Rath said.
"I was born in Wangaratta when he taught in Glenrowan and then we moved to Nhill when I was two, in '69.
"I have extremely fond memories of growing up in Nhill; we were there until I finished grade 6 and then we moved to Colac."
Rath recalls Saturdays spent at the football with a particular affinity.
"As kids we had the run of the town; barefoot in summer and football in particular was the thing that brought the community together.
"I really loved that aspect of it, going down to Davis Park each Saturday for the home games; everyone would be there.
If I had a break between appointments, I'd head to an op shop and look for jumpers and cricket bats and tennis rackets; that sort of thing.
"A few mates and I used to run the scoreboard - we'd get a can of drink or a Big M for doing that.
"Quarter time you'd run over and listen to the coach of the seconds or the seniors and you might hear a few expletives; you'd get the smell of the liniment and you'd get sucked in by it all."
Rath fell in love with football, and as the family moved around for his father's work it was football that called to him wherever they went.
"What left an impression on me, and I think it's because we moved around a fair bit and saw different communities, was that aspect of football being the thing that brought a community together," he said.
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"I saw the local footy jumper as a symbol of the community in some respects, I think that's why I have an affinity with them and started collecting them."
However, his collection got off to a slow start.
"Growing up, Mum had kept one of my older brother's jumpers from Glenrowan," he said.
"It was a black jumper with a gold 'G' on the front, and I thought that was very special.
"Unfortunately we didn't hang onto that, which I was disappointed about."
It wasn't long before Rath starting collecting jumpers himself.
I saw the local footy jumper as a symbol of the community in some respects, I think that's why I have an affinity with them.
"My brother boarded at Frank Tate house when he came to Melbourne to do his marketing degree," he said.
"One of his mates, Paddy, had been to Monivae College in Hamilton and they had a training jumper which was absolutely superb.
"It had royal blue and maroon hoops, it's a magnificent looking jumper.
"David, my brother, as player's do, swapped jumpers at training and somehow ended up with Paddy's jumper - I've since taken ownership of that one."
Rath's collection began picking up speed, like a rolling stone collecting moss.
"When I did start collecting properly, it was because I was travelling around Victoria, South Australia and Tassie for work," he said.
"If I had a break between appointments, I'd head to an op shop and look for jumpers and cricket bats and tennis rackets; that sort of thing.
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"There was a jumper up in Mildura and Robinvale, which was a Robinvale jumper; it was red with a white sash, and it had the number sixty on the back which appealed to me enormously.
"Often the best players would play in the first ten digits, while the bottom players play in the last ten digits.
"I could almost imagine the guys that played in that jumper, and it would have been handed down through the years at that club."
The stories behind them, not just the jumper's themselves, are what appeal to Rath.
"I think it's important to tell the stories and uncover them," he said.
That's why Rath is looking for Wimmera jumpers to photograph for his book.
Rath said Wimmera jumpers like Dimboola's hold a special place in his memory, as well as Nhill's, but he was keen to feature as many as possible.
If you've got an old jumper, a new jumper or anything in between, Rath's contact details are on his website, sportingnation.com.au.
The idea for the book came from his website.
"I wanted a way to go further in creating a unique gift, something that can sit on coffee tables and be enjoyed," he said.
In starting the project, Rath leaned on his own collection but said the scope would be improved with a wider variety of jumpers.
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