Title: ... p52 - Dallas and the Thunder roared... by Jenni.

Dallas Donnely was renowned for his ability to play league, to be rough, tough, one of the alltime hard men of league.

There was definitely a soft side of Dallas that I admired in the man, and that was his love for kids.

Dallas was my daughters godfather, and as we attended the christening at the church, there were a lot of kids there at the time and they knew of Big Rough Tough Dallas.

The minister decided to have a story time, with all the sound affects, Dallas was given the tambourine to be the roaring thunder when the cue was his.

You can imagine, a church full of people looking at this big burly bloke, jumping up and shaking the tambourine everytime the minister said "and the thunder roared".

The church erupted in laughter, and good time was had by all, especially Dallas.

It will be memory that I will always treasure, and he is definitely one of the hardmen of league

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