Warwick Capper
Warwick Capper (born 12 June 1963) is a retired professional Australian rules football full-forward who played with the Sydney Swans and a short stint at the Brisbane Bears in the VFL (now AFL).Capper kicked 388 goals in 124 games from 1983–1991, his best season being 1987 when he kicked 103 goals. He won the Mark of the Year at the peak of his career in 1987.
Although Capper was more famous for his marking, in 1987 he managed 103 goals at an average of 4.48 per game. He finished runner up in the Coleman Medal in both 1986 (to Brian Taylor) and 1987 (to Tony Lockett).
In 1985 Capper released a single "I Only Take What's Mine". In 1986 made a guest appearance on Australian soap opera Neighbours and has also starred in a pornographic movie.
Since retiring from football, Capper has juggled media appearances and various jobs including council road worker. In 1993, Capper posed in an explicit pictorial with his then-wife, Joanne Capper, for the August issue of Australian Penthouse magazine. He also announced that he was to become a male stripper.
Capper makes regular appearances on television as a guest on shows such as The AFL Footy Show. He appeared briefly on the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, but he was ejected from the series by the show's producer for exposing his penis to fellow housemate Kimberley Cooper during an argument.
In 2005, Capper released an autobiography called Fool Forward in which he openly admitted to using illegal drugs (amphetamines) during his VFL/AFL career.
Shortly after the Sydney Swans won the 2005 AFL Grand Final, Capper again made tabloid news due to his split with long time wife Joanne.
In 2006, Capper again made the news after an incident with film director Kayran Noskca, leading to a broken nose.
In 2008, Capper again made news headlines when he had cosmetic surgery involving Botox and liposuction. He also challenged former professional boxer Jeff Fenech to a fight. In 2009, he did box in a promotional charity match, losing a match against Wendell Sailor, who Capper had previously criticised.
In late 2010 he once again put himself back in the spotlight by becoming the face of a major promotional campaign for Quickbeds.com a discount accommodation website. He appears in online and off-line promotional material and across the accommodation website promoting the website as 'cheap and easy – just like me'.
In 2011 Capper made a cameo appearance in the premiere episode of the television program The Joy of Sets, recommencing his short-lived alliance with the former hosts of Get This. Capper continued to make unlikely cameo appearances during re-enactments in subsequent episodes, dressed in nothing but gold hotpants.
He was then a participant on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia, where he was the first contestant to be fired.
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