Darryl Brohman OAM is back on Chiming In just over a year since his last appearance — and in that time he's fought off non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his second cancer battle after prostate cancer a few years earlier.
The Queensland Origin forward turned radio institution talks candidly about six rounds of chemo, losing his hair \"everywhere,\" and the perspective he found sitting in a ward full of people going through the same thing — all delivered with the self-deprecating humour that's made him one of the game's most loved characters for the best part of 50 years.
Brohman also looks back on winning the 1984 grand final with Canterbury after a move from Penrith, coaching reserve grade for Phil Gould at the Bulldogs, receiving his OAM for services to rugby league, and the racehorse syndicate he ran with Laurie Daley and Ricky Stuart that paid off in Melbourne on Oaks Day.
In this episode of Chiming In, the Big Marn opens up on health, humour, and half a century in the game he loves — proving why he's still one of the best gets in the business.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Welcome back: Darryl Brohman returns to Chiming In
01:45 - Health update: beating cancer for a second time
03:25 - How the diagnosis came about
04:50 - Chemo, and finding perspective in the ward
06:22 - Does a football career prepare you for something like this?
09:54 - The line between commentator, expert and comic
12:02 - Was he always the funny kid?
13:06 - Prostate cancer, sleep apnea, and losing his sense of taste
17:26 - Meeting Bev, and coaching reserve grade for Gus at the Bulldogs
28:31 - Punting, and the racehorse he owned with Laurie Daley and Ricky Stuart
31:14 - Winning the 1984 grand final with the Bulldogs
35:04 - Receiving his OAM for services to rugby league
36:08 - Giving back through the Starlight Foundation
39:17 - Copping a spray from Tim Sheens, and getting dropped
42:00 - Backing Laurie Daley through the Origin scrutiny
1:00:15 - Life after footy: the media career and finances
1:01:20 - Wrap-up
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