If you ever got the chance to meet Bruce Harkness you would know how caring he was.
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His thoughtful nature is a theme which comes up again and again as you speak to those who knew him well.
Alan 'Potts' Rippon and Diane Rivett, who have both spent years on the Nirranda Football Netball Club (NFNC) gate, experienced his generosity first-hand.
Potts talks of Bruce bringing him back cups of tea and sandwiches from the canteen.
Diane said he always had a story to tell.
They were both mad Collingwood supporters so had plenty to talk about.
"He was a character," she said.
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The Nirranda community and many in the south-west have celebrated Bruce's life in the past fortnight.
His son Jake, NFNC president, said he passed of cancer. It was on November 25 and he was 89.
Bruce's funeral was held on Monday but only a limited number of people could attend due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Jake said the football-netball club "meant everything" to Bruce.
"He'd look forward to (matches) from Saturday to Saturday," he said.
Jake explained Bruce first became involved with Nirranda South in the Purnim Heytesbury league in the 1970s.
He had played footy with Cobden and South Purrumbete.
Jake said the late Bill Couch was keen to get Bruce's kids involved with Nirranda South.
It wasn't long before Bruce was making a contribution to the club.
"Dad was instrumental in the amalgamation between Nirranda and Nirranda South (mid-1970s)," Jake said.
It was no easy feat.
"Nirranda and Nirranda South were arch-enemies," Jake said.
"Because Dad was an outsider he was able to look at it from a positive point of view for both clubs."
Diane also recalled Bruce's contribution to the amalgamation.
"He put a lot work into the football over the years," she said.
"When they amalgamated there was a lot of work that went into that."
Bruce would become Heytesbury Mount Noorat league president for about nine years. Potts said he did a "wonderful job there."
Since then he's been a Nirranda committee member, life member and number one ticket holder (2016).
A special night came in 2013 when he and son Jake became club legends.
Through his various roles, Bruce became an icon of the club and league.
NFNC committee member Colin Haberfield sums it up best.
"One thing at footy that struck me was that opposition supporters and people knew him," he said.
Colin added there were hundreds of Nirranda juniors and even adults, including his four children, who called Bruce, "Pop".
Bruce was also a great supporter of the Nirranda Cricket Club and in recent years would join Colin to watch juniors matches.
Potts and Jake said it was unfortunate the pandemic happened because Bruce would have loved to have seen his grandson Brayden coach Nirranda's senior team (appointed for 2020).
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