Two iconic Western Bulldogs captains, sitting in the boardroom at VU Whitten Oval, chatting about the good old days.

That’s what you’ll get in this week’s episode of the Glory Days podcast, as Bob Murphy catches up with one of the great ruckmen of the modern era, Scott Wynd.

Wynd has too many achievements to mention here, but among them is a Brownlow Medal, a Charles Sutton Medal and seven years as captain of the mighty red, white and blue. 

It’s a fascinating chat which covers plenty of ground, including:

• Why Wynd developed the nicknames ‘Gipper’, ‘Rowdy’ and ‘Stumpy’.
• Squashing the furphy that he lied about his age to end up at the Bulldogs, despite being in North Melbourne’s recruiting zone.
• How he became Bulldogs captain in a baptism of fire as a 24-year-old in 1994, battling injuries and a coach sacking, taking a couple of years to settle into the role, before cherishing the responsibility.
• One of his greatest achievements of being one of a handful of players to have captained the Bulldogs in over 100 games.
• The experience of winning the Brownlow Medal in 1992, at just 22 years of age.
• Getting mentored (and roughed up!) by legendary Bulldogs Brownlow medallist and six-time Best and Fairest, Gary Dempsey.
• Duelling in the ruck with the likes of Justin and Simon Madden, John Barnes, Jeff White, Corey McKernan and Matthew Clarke.
• The three Brownlow votes he was awarded in 1991, in a game in which he didn’t register a single kick.
• Playing in the ‘hard-nosed’ Bulldogs teams of the late 90s, and the heartbreak of the 1997 and 1998 preliminary final losses.
• The difficulty of telling his team-mates that he was retiring at the end of the 2000 season.

Tune in to Glory Days on iTunes, TuneIn Radio, and Whooshkaa, including previous episodes featuring Nathan Brown, Patrick Bowden and Jose Romero.

Or catch up on the Bulldogs’ weekly in-season podcast, Barkly Street, which was hosted in 2020 by Murphy and Bulldogs’ skipper Marcus Bontempelli.