Having a sportswriter father is no excuse. The young man was tall, long fair-haired with a hat. ‘What do you do?’ ‘I’m an athlete,’ he replied. ‘Oh yes, what kind?’ ‘AFL’‘Really? The first eighteen?’ ‘Yes.’
It was only later that I learned this was Darcy Moore, the captain of Collingwood and therefore one of the most revered and reviled figures in the country.
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