Calls to reverse decision to strip champion footballer Dennis Dunn of prestigious award | ABC News

Dennis Dunn, a Tiwi Islander and one of the greatest Northern Territory footballers of all time, has endured many dark days in his life. The day he was caught in a police sting on a remote beach with a pound of cannabis that was destined for the Tiwi Islands, more than 15 years after his playing career ended, is one of them. He would record a criminal conviction, receive a suspended six-month prison sentence, spend a mandatory minimum 28 days in prison and be punished in his community on the Tiwis. "It was the most embarrassing thing that I ever felt in my life. I mucked up, so I went back to my people, my clan group, and fix it up," he says of his 2016 arrest. "It was like a shock, you know, and then reality hits and you've got to go into jail. That's life, life isn't easy, so you just got to keep getting up and going."

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