“I was in the shower…”: How cult hero found out about Bulldogs interest
Danny Del-Re was a cult hero during his time at Footscray in the early 1990s. The full-forward kicked 70 goals in 1992 as the Bulldogs progressed to the Preliminary Final before returning 36 goals in 14 games the following season. But how did his Doggies career get off the ground? Del-Re has explained that it occurred during a peculiar shower visit from soon-to-be appointed head coach Terry Wheeler prior to the club’s ‘Footscray Fightback’ rally in 1989. “Ian Rickman, myself and Saade Ghazi got...