Nice piece here but "Vollies" I ask you 😄
Voll and Killeen on each wing when I first became a Saints fan in the early/mid 60s.
https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...-at-st-helens/
Nice piece here but "Vollies" I ask you 😄
Voll and Killeen on each wing when I first became a Saints fan in the early/mid 60s.
https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...-at-st-helens/
Vollies must have been his south african nick name, I dont think we will see his like agai.n
I think some desperate journalist has made “Vollies” up or, alternatively, they’ve been conned by some St Helens wit. Great footage though. It seems like a different world and it’s hard to believe that an 11 year old me was at Wembley in 1961 carrying and whirling a heavy wooden rattle that would be classed as an offensive weapon now. I also had a red and white rosette - wearing replica shirts to games was unheard of.
I never heard him called "Vollies" and i marvelled at all of the games and tries that he scored , i agree that we wont see the like again.
Apologies to the journalist for my first post. “Vollies” is used by a South African in the first film clip. I only watched the English clips first time round. In England, however, he was always “Voll” or “Vollenhoven”.
And what a day it was , where did all those crowds go .?