Growing up on Sydney's northern beaches, anyone sport obsessed knew who Bob 'Bozo' Fulton was. I was no different, and after landing a dream gig writing for the Manly Daily in 2008 as a budding junior sports journalist, our paths soon crossed. Plenty of colleagues and other scribes were quick to tell me not to get Bozo offside - he knew people from all walks of life and had contacts galore, they said. Eventually I took on a senior sports role with the newspaper of record on the Sydney's Northern Beaches, with the daily movements of the Manly Sea Eagles the most crucial 'round' for my job.