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Geoffrey Walter Edelsten (born 2 May 1943) is an Australian medical entrepreneur and was the first private owner of a major Australian football team when he bought the Sydney Swans Football Club in 1985. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL club based in Sydney, New South Wales. [1] In 1988, Edelsten, then a doctor, was struck off the New South Wales medical register for at least ten years. He subsequently spent a year in jail for hiring an underworld figure, Christopher Dale Flannery, to assault a former patient, and for perverting the course of justice. Christopher Dale Flannery (1949 - missing and believed murdered ca In English or Irish Law, perversion of the course of justice is a criminal offence in which someone acts in a manner that in some way prevents Justice [2][3][4]

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Medical career

In 1971, Edelsten formed Preventicare, a computerised medical diagnostic service for GPs, with colleague Tom Wenkart. A general practitioner, or GP is a medical practitioner who provides Primary care and specializes in Family medicine. It was a short business association of just 15 months with Preventicare forced into provisional liquidation. [5] In the 1980s, Edelsten was famous for running 24-hour medical centres that featured chandeliers and grand pianos. His clinics were innovative and the forerunners of corporate medical practices. [6] His first clinic opened in 1984 and within four months had 2000 patients a week. Edelsten's empire grew to thirteen medical centres, with around 200 doctors seeing more than 20,000 patients each week. [7]

Edelsten's medical practices featured in a Four Corners television program broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 3 November 1984. Four Corners is Australia 's longest-running Investigative journalism / current affairs Television program The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) [8] The program was called Branded and was about tattoos and tattoo removal but also discussed entrepreneurial medicine and Edelsten, who was regarded as a "highflying practitioner of the day". A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons [9]

Edelsten was struck off the New South Wales medical register in 1987 for overservicing and for having unqualified people carry out laser surgery. Laser surgery is Surgery using a Laser to cut tissue instead of a Scalpel. [10]

Edelsten was convicted on 27 July 1990 for perverting the course of justice and also for hiring an underworld figure, Christopher Dale Flannery, to assault a former patient. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In English or Irish Law, perversion of the course of justice is a criminal offence in which someone acts in a manner that in some way prevents Justice Christopher Dale Flannery (1949 - missing and believed murdered ca Edelsten had obtained an adjournment of the trial of Flannery, which had been fixed for 31 January 1984 by certifying, that is, providing a medical certificate that Flannery was unfit for trial in order to avoid Flannery being tried by a particular judge. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) [11] Edelsten was jailed for one year. [2][6]

In 1992, New South Wales politician Fred Nile said in Parliament that Edelsten was a "fairly prominent doctor" and that since he was deregistered in New South Wales, he moved to Victoria where he was able to practise. Frederick John Nile (born 15 September 1934) Australian politician clergyman and social activist has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative [12] Edelsten was subsequently struck off the Victorian medical register; his application for re-registration in that state has been rejected on four occasions. [10]

Edelsten has on a number of occasions sought readmittance as a doctor in New South Wales but has been unsuccessful each time. [13] In 2004, the New South Wales Medical Tribunal banned Edelsten from making any further applications for four years. [14]

Music career

During the second half of the 1960s, Edelsten played a notable role in the Melbourne music scene. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 In 1966 he claimed a co-writing credit on the songs "I can’t stop loving you, baby" and "A woman of gradual decline" for the group The Last Straws, whose singles were released on Edelsten's shortlived Scope label. [15] [16]

In 1967 Edelsten's Hit Productions company signed the group CamPact. Their first single "Something Easy"/"Michael" charted in Melbourne in early 1968. [17]

Later in 1968, Edelsten co-produced the single "Love Machine" for the studio group Pastoral Symphony, comprising Glenn Shorrock & The Twilights, Ronnie Charles of The Groop and other musicians. Glenn Barrie Shorrock (born on June 30, 1944, in Chatham Kent, UK) is an Australian Singer and Songwriter The Twilights were the leading Australian pop music group of the mid to late 1960s The Groop were an Australian folk, R&B and rock band formed in 1964 in Melbourne, Australia and had their greatest [18]

Sydney Swans

On 31 July 1985, for what was thought to be $6. 3 million, Edelsten bought the Sydney Swans football club. The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL club based in Sydney, New South Wales. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players In reality it was $2. 9 million in cash, with funding and other payments spread over five years. A period of relative on-field success followed, however, success on the field was not translated to financial security, membership or a sustainable structure. Edelsten resigned as chairman after less than twelve months. [1]

In July 1986, Edelsten attempted to buy the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks rugby league team but his offer was refused by the game's administrators. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games [19]

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  12. ^ Hansard Transcript, Legislative Council. Parliament of NSW (1992-10-27). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.
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  19. ^ The Edelsten-Sharks Marriage. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor.

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