A complicated hero is Dipper

If you want a 1989: The Great Grand Final book as part of your gift stash, I've got to post everything by next Thursday. Below is the Dipper's ribs bit in Chapter 1, 'Seeing the Light'

In the 1989 Grand Final, Dipper famously broke his ribs, whcih in turn perferated the lining of his lung. He developed what’s called a subscutaneous emphysema, which is even more difficult to say if you’re Dipper. But he tells the story brilliantly, with all the extravagance you’d expect from one of footy’s greatest ever characters. I’ve republished a f…