One random Sunday morning training session more than 40 years ago takes on far more meaning for Carlton fans these days.

The Blues, including premiership greats Ken Sheldon, Jim Buckley and Des English, were playing a full-ground soccer match designed to be little more than a casual run-around. But one of the young players was going full bore, prompting Sheldon to ask him to “ease up”.

That player was then-teenage defender Peter Dean, who went on to play 248 games, including in Carlton’s 1987 and 1995 premierships, while earning a reputation as a fierce competitor.

The apple has not fallen from the tree.

Murray Bushrangers talent manager Mick Wilson recalls a simple handball game on a basketball court where Dean’s richly talented – and ultra-competitive – 18-year-old son Harry was “try

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