06-17-2015, 12:06 AM
(06-16-2015, 11:49 PM)Lods link Wrote:One of my favourite sports people when I was younger.
Lots of records but never quite cracked the big one.
Still a champion.
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news...7401660446
(He did have some dark family secrets...his father and brother played for Essendon.
Brother Jack was a premiership captain and coached against us in 1968. We won!)
Was he the one who struggled to perform his best in front of large crowds ? I vaguely remember reading about an older Australian athlete with this disposition years ago.