July 8, 1980
First State of Origin.
Mal’s 20th birthday.
7 from 7 with the pointy end of an Adidas (?) footy boot.
Queensland 20 d. NSW 10.
Happy 55th Mal.
JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is founder and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au. He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf’s Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne).
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He is married to Susan. They have three school-age kids – Theo, Anna, Evie.
He might not be the worst putter in the world but he’s in the worst four.
His ambition was to lunch for Australia but it clashed with his other ambition – to shoot his age.
Incidentally, MAL MENINGA OF QUEENSLAND is an anagram of FINE MAN – A LEGEND, NO QUALMS.