I toured with Beatle again in 1972 but by that time I was captain and enjoyed a single room so he had to make do with second best. He'd been included in the touring party despite suffering a near death experience after an incident at the MCG in the Rest of the World series of 1971-72.
It was only on that 1972 tour when I met one of his nurses at a social function that I found out Beatle had actually stopped breathing for a while when he was in hospital. It was typical of Beatle to say very little about the incident; he made light of any injury and at times was too brave for his own good.
However there was one injury that did stop him; a broken jaw. A talented dual sportsman, he was in the Melbourne Football Club squad that won the 1964 VFL grand final. When he suffered two broken jaws in quick succession during the 1965 season that brought his football career to an abrupt halt. On that South African tour whenever Keith Stackpole wanted to annoy Beatle he'd call out; "Hey glass jaw.
I know his last two wives well, Karina with whom he sired two beautiful girls in Laura and Louisa and Jan who was at his side when he passed away. Beatle had generously offered a kidney to Jan who needed a transplant but the dreaded cancer diagnosis put an end to that plan. Fortunately Jan received a transplant and is now recovering well.
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