I've got 2 books from the early 60's
1. A Manual of Australian Football. By Alan Scott, coach of Ballarat College rival to St. Patrick's College famous coach Brother O'Malley. 1965 Lansdowne Press, 86 pages "This is the most comprehensive and down-to-earth book ever written on the art and science of playing Australian football"
2. How to Play Aussie Rules. First printed 1960, Revised enlarged edition 1963, 120 pages. Lansdowne Press, edited by [censored] Wordly, foreword by Bruce Andrew. Different chapters written by many of the greats e.g. Bob Davis, Norm Smith, John Coleman, Ken Fraser, Alistair Lord, Ted Whitten, Verdun Howell, Ron Barassi, Bob Skilton, Thorold Merrett, Terry Callan, Graham Arthur, Kevin Murray, Allen aylett, John Nichols, Roy Wright, Jack dyer, Neil Roberts, Alan Nash, Hayden Bunton Jnr, Darryl Baldock, Hugh Buggy.
p.s. [censored] was D.i.c.k. ......go figure