He was the warts and all, knock-em down, drag em out straight shooting New South Welshman who championed the cause of a young kid plucked out of local club side Norths to play against the big blokes. That was ballboy-sized Allan Langer or Alfie, who will be among the many die hard Queenslanders mourning the passing on Wednesday of the bloke who once squeezed blood out of a dripping bullock s heart in an Ipswich Jets dressing room to fire his boys up. No doubt Tommy, who was 70 when he died, had a fag hanging out of his mouth as he sprayed the room with animal offcuts and expletives as he told the troops to toughen up and show some bloody heart .
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