Casey Jess 25, holds a picture taken by NT News Picture Editor Clive Hyde at the 1982 VFL Grand Final. The picture has been signed by Helen D'Amico, and includes D'Amico harassing Bruce Doull and her father Richmond Tiger Jim Jess. Picture: JUSTIN SANSON
Streaker scrawls a cheeky signature
MATT CUNNINGHAM
CASEY Jess has never met Helen d'Amico, but she's heard many stories about the famous streaker.
She was just three days old when a naked d'Amico sprinted past her father, champion Richmond defender Jim Jess, on the hallowed MCG turf during her 1982 VFL Grand Final dash.
A few of the Tiger legend's mates were in the Top End yesterday when news broke that d'Amico was hiding in Darwin.
They rang Jess who mentioned he wouldn't mind getting a signed copy of the famous photo.
NT News photographer Clive Hyde obliged with the picture and d'Amico was only too happy to sign it -- right across her bare backside.
Jess will now get his daughter Casey, 25, who lives in Darwin, to deliver the signed memento.
Casey Jess -- a top footballer and netballer in her own right -- said she had heard much about d'Amico.
"I was actually born three days before that Grand Final,'' she said. "I have known about her all my life so it would be great to get the chance to meet her.''
In the famous 1982 photo, Jim Jess can be seen walking away as d'Amico approaches bewildered Carlton defender Bruce Doull.
Jess -- known in football circles as "The Ghost'' -- still has vivid memories of the incident.
"Doully was backing away and I think he was looking for a bit of moral support but I wasn't going to give it to him,'' he said.
The Richmond Football Club Hall of Famer and veteran of 223 VFL games described d'Amico as "a bloody legend''.
Toyota will not confirm if D'Amico will appear in a new ad parodying the moment.
source : http://www.ntnews.com.au
Streaker scrawls a cheeky signature
MATT CUNNINGHAM
She was just three days old when a naked d'Amico sprinted past her father, champion Richmond defender Jim Jess, on the hallowed MCG turf during her 1982 VFL Grand Final dash.
A few of the Tiger legend's mates were in the Top End yesterday when news broke that d'Amico was hiding in Darwin.
They rang Jess who mentioned he wouldn't mind getting a signed copy of the famous photo.
NT News photographer Clive Hyde obliged with the picture and d'Amico was only too happy to sign it -- right across her bare backside.
Jess will now get his daughter Casey, 25, who lives in Darwin, to deliver the signed memento.
Casey Jess -- a top footballer and netballer in her own right -- said she had heard much about d'Amico.
"I was actually born three days before that Grand Final,'' she said. "I have known about her all my life so it would be great to get the chance to meet her.''
In the famous 1982 photo, Jim Jess can be seen walking away as d'Amico approaches bewildered Carlton defender Bruce Doull.
Jess -- known in football circles as "The Ghost'' -- still has vivid memories of the incident.
"Doully was backing away and I think he was looking for a bit of moral support but I wasn't going to give it to him,'' he said.
The Richmond Football Club Hall of Famer and veteran of 223 VFL games described d'Amico as "a bloody legend''.
Toyota will not confirm if D'Amico will appear in a new ad parodying the moment.
source : http://www.ntnews.com.au
