Shamelessly stolen from a Sunday paper, this story gave me a giggle.
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Former Swans start Warwick Capper was talking to 'this paper'[sic] on his mobile phone when he asked us to hang on:"There are cops coming past, I don't want to get busted." With the phone sitting in his lap we heard his wife Joanne chastise him: "Warwick, you can talk on the phone, because I'm driving the car".
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For those unfamiliar with Mr Capper, he was a very flamboyant full-forward for Sydney Swans (and others) in the late '80s, and was best known for his spectacular high marks, being blonde and wearing painfully tight shorts.

so the answer to your initial question is .... no?

Change the names and you could put it in the David Beckham thread over in jokes and humour

haha, mate.

Isn't it good to know that some things will never change; sportsmen engaging gears in the mouth while the brain is in neutral...

I've been thinking about this and I reckon that Einstein played Rugby League in the 80's and changed his named to Wayne Pearce.

You may be right there, Jillie... even the hairstyles match!