December 21, 1996: Goodbye, Canon
It was time for departing ARL chief executive John Quayle to clean out his desk.
Twenty-five years and one day ago, John Quayle was cleaning out his desk at Phillip Street.
As he did so, he spoke to colleague Peter Fitzsimons, saying: “There has been a tremendous amount of emotion, so much so that you become overwhelmed.”
Recalling the then-world record 87,000 people who attended the Melbourne Origin in 1994, he said: “It was absolute…