Ron Barassi beaten as he aids woman
Paul Millar | January 2, 2009
AFL legend Ron Barassi was smashed to the ground and kicked in the head while he lay in the gutter after he went to the aid of a woman being bashed in St Kilda, early on New Year's Day.
Barassi, 72, was nursing bruised ribs, lumps on his head and a graze to the front of it, but had no regrets.
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/barassi-beaten-as-he-aids-woman/2009/01/02/1230681672966.htmlBarassi had been at a St Kilda restaurant with friends, including yachting great John Bertrand. As he left he saw the woman being attacked, and chased the thug.
"All I saw was this guy belting up a woman.
"I took after him but I don't know what happened then. I ended up on the ground and was then kicked.
"I was lying on the footpath. I had my arms covering my eyes."
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