Former 'glamour boy' now homeless in 'sad fall'

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Back successful the 1980s, Sandy Campbell was 1 of rugby league's glamour boys - a try-scoring winger adored by fans.

Campbell featured successful a memorable beforehand leafage of Rugby League Week astatine the tallness of his fame with a workplace photograph of him successful his dancing gear.

But accelerated guardant to 2022 and Campbell has had a bittersweet autumn from grace - helium is homeless, wandering the streets successful the daytime with each his worldly goods successful a buying trolley and sleeping astatine nighttime nether Coolangatta surf nine connected the Gold Coast.

To marque matters worse, Campbell, present 56, recovered retired a period agone that helium has lung crab and is having play chemotherapy.

The ex-Bulldogs, Roosters and South Sydney prima hasn't been forgotten by the game.

His erstwhile teammates are rallying astir him and Family of League (formerly Men of League) is besides looking to assistance out.

"It's been bittersweet - helium was good until a twelvemonth oregon truthful agone erstwhile things fell apart," erstwhile teammate Kurt Landers told Wide World of Sports.

"I americium determined to assistance him retired and truthful person plentifulness of different guys who played with and against him.

"I'm going up to the Gold Coast soon to cheque successful connected him and we are looking to acceptable up a GoFundMe leafage to assistance him.

"Hopefully the fans who helium gave a batch of joyousness to tin transportation in.

"I've spoken to Family of League and they person besides promised to bash something."

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