Don was superb. Mind you, there was a time when I didn't appreciate his toughness.
I had to mark him in a trial match (60/61 I think) I was a quite delicate little schoolboy at the time and had been scouted as a highly tricky and sought after inside forward.
Whomever was in charge of the trial matches decided I looked like a dead ringer for a right back and Don looked like a left winger, every-time he got the ball he just ran and ran and ran, through me and anyone else who had the temerity to be in his vicinity.
Those were the days when men were men and inside forwards were, well, inside forwards, used to being on their toes not their backs.