My parents in their late 80s are bemoaning the fact that all they seem to get invited to is funerals these days!
Got to the stage that they took it in turns to attend them. And now their friends tend to be from a different generation.
We're all getting older I tell ya.....

Dezzie was one tough nut and a supreme athlete.
He wasn't the complete rugby player by any means, but I always expected something when he got the ball out on the wing or in broken play.
And as for tackle hits....
RIP

If my memory serves me right and hopefully someone can remember that long ago but didn’t Des headbutt a New Zealand player in a midweek tour match as that sticks in my mind only because I was standing right in front on the said incident?

Dezzie’s tackle technique seemed to be “lead with the head”. No thought of self preservation, so it might have just been a standard tackle that you saw.

It was the Auckland touring team. I was at the game, if I remember correctly we got beat 22-16, but dessie still managed to score in his own style by laying out the Auckland full back with his head!!

A BRUTAL match, played in dreadful conditions.

Yes his face was a right mess.The man was fearless no matter who the opponent and still my fav all time Wire.

Dessie came in the kings head a couple of seasons ago,great to chat with him he said no one really recognises him in Bolton yet he got mobbed in the pub and outside on winwick street,,
Sleep tight Des Drummond..

One of the highlights of playing Widnes was seeing him against offiiah !! Also his interactions with the Widnes fans were always good lol

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/36 ... s-drummond

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/36 ... s-drummond

Sleep well Dessie. Gone too soon.