Player Profile #17

Soccer Dave, S Dave.

Soccer Dave is a one-of-a-kind super athlete. Although very late to the scene in terms of The Sam's history, his own personal rise to fame has been extraordinary.

Growing up in the war torn killing/kiwifruit fields of Whakatane, he learnt to Joga from a young age. He watched his legends Tony, Winter and Dixon on the television and vowed to become as good as them.

But winter's are harsh in Whakatane and Dave toiled away making ends meat until he managed to escape down to Wellington, city of dreams.

While staying in the St George hostel, Dave introduced himself to people who would prove helpful to his cause. Like Charles' bogan cousin. He also made himself noticed around town.

Finally he was noticed by Arthur Tse and quick as a flash, he became a fringe player of The Sam, and has gradually made it into the inner fringe of players.

However, things were not always peachy, his life long hero, Dixon, turned into his arch-enemy. Dixon and Dave did not get along, eventually leading to fights on the pitch. The Sam were not going to allow this and a committee was set up to investigate. The committee consisted of Sam McClean. Sam said that Dixon had to go, and that Dave could stay, as long as he kept his cool.

There was also that time Dave lost our token of all things The Sam, the trophy.

Dave remains important to the Sam, as the only real striker in the team, possibly as worthy of praise as the great Loic Tchocreil.