In my mind and no doubt others you can pick many different people who significantly changed the 20th century. History has passed and its time to reflect.
Was it Gandhi the man who through peaceful protest relieved the sub Continent of its British oppressors.
Maybe for some Lech Walesa who bravely stood against the might of the Soviet and initiated its demise.
Martin Luther King for bringing black politics to the fore in the days of white supremacy .
Or even the unsung hero who averted World War 3 by sacrificing his own life .He opened the door of a nuclear reactor and turned on a deluge to cool the reactor of a K 19 Russian nuclear sub. Just off the American western seaboard.
For me its was none of the above. My hero is a guy of relative modesty considering how great he is. A man who walks among us. “Some men pray for a miracle; heroes make one happen.”
He held the rugby clubs destiny in one hand when it should have been two. Carnoustie played Kinross in the cup. It was an away game and a pretty tough one at that. We battled to the line. The ball was passed to my Hero, in perfectly dry conditions he went over the line and dropped it.
Well what can you say to a talented youngster who made a simple mistake? I felt like stringing him up. He was given loads of verbal abuse for days. Not good.
Then we realised that if he had touched down we were playing Kelso the next week. Some people might think that was a good thing but but we wouldn't have reached the final at Murrayfield if it wasn't for my hero Bruce Langlands.
Thanks Bruce. It was a close call though between you and Happy Gilmore.
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Pete, all I can say is......"if this is you without drink then heaven help us all!" To compare Bruce to Happy Gilmore is sacrilege. I think perhaps a comparison with Jean Van de Velde is better. Tries hard and invariably picks the correct option, but if it goes wrong it looks like an almighty F*ck-up.
I dont know, I give in, what do you say to a talented youngster who'd f*cked up?- I can assure you that it would be naf all like what was said to me. I wish I only got some verbal for a few days, it was far longer than that, but hey, I'd f*cked up plenty by then, water off a ducks back. If you check the team list for that Kinross game & compare it to the team list against Perthshire at Murrayfield, you'll notice that there was prob only one change throughout the whole squad...no hero on the big stage. I'll take a lot of slagging & slating but I vehemently refuse to be compared to a Frenchie, there's not enough space to express my profuse dislike for one nation. Unlike the smelly golfer on the 18th at Carnoustie, he was only answerable to himself, I however seem to carry the can for 14 other people when it goes tits up & 14 other people get the praise when it goes right...the joys of fly-half!
You are my hero just saying. I couldn't be arsed getting my arse kicked by Kelso.
Yours
''sick of getting my arse kicked again and again''
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