Former Bulldogs, Rabbitohs and Roosters participant Sandy Campbell is unfortunately battling throat most cancers.
Making his battle even harder is the very fact he’s homeless, as revealed by News Corp.
Campbell — nicknamed The Sandman — performed 93 first grade video games within the 80s and 90s and was thought of a glamour boy of rugby league.
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At the peak of his profession he featured on the entrance cowl of Rugby League Week posing as Michael Jackson with the headline ‘BAD – The Dancin’ Bulldog. The exceptional abilities of a Bulldogs flyer.’
But the 56-year-old now sleeps on a seashore and is commonly noticed at a St Vincent de Paul homeless shelter in Tweed Heads amassing a sizzling meal.
Campbell has reportedly struggled after retiring from footy in 1991 and has “lounge hopped” for the final 20 years whereas working as a safety guard and tattoo artist, in response to News Corp.
However his life has taken a horrible flip after being recognized a month in the past. An excellent good friend revealed Campbell has to often go to a neighborhood hospital for chemotherapy after which go away with a tube that self-administers the remedy.
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“He’s got nothing… He just started treatment but has got nowhere to stay, nowhere to go and no help,” Smith instructed News Corp.
“At the moment, he is sleeping on the beach underneath one of the surf clubs at Coolangatta.
“I don’t even know how to help him. What do I do? I was going to start a Go Fund Me page to try and help him out.
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“No one can give him accommodation and he’s got no money. There’s no housing anywhere, he’s got cancer and he’s walking around with chemo treatment being pumped into him while pushing his trolley.
“I have helped him out many times. He slept in my office for many years because he had nowhere to go, but I sold that business and don’t have that office anymore.
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“It makes it even harder because he is sick. To have a bed to sleep in would be everything for him. It’s very sad.
“I saw him the other day and thought: ‘What the f***, are you serious?’ Look at him, he’s connected up to this (medical) s*** and pushing his trolley — how do you help?”
Former teammate Kurt Landers instructed Wide World of Sports {that a} GoFundMe web page can be arrange for Campbell and Family of League (previously Men of League) have “promised to do something.”