Dennis Manteit

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• Polysci
  8 May 2012 7:39pm

  A 'hard man' enforcer in the mould of fellow Queenslander, Kevin Ryan. Not known for taking a backward step on the field, would have been interesting to see him play in the State of Origin era.

• Tezza from Bray Park
  22 May 2012 8:05pm

  My memory of bigh Dennis was watching him playing for Brothers in Brisbane against their old foes Norths, They were rugged affairs with him and Peter Gallagher from Brothers and Don Simpson and Peter Hall from Norths, all very big units and the front row back in the mid 60s was not a place for the faint hearted

• JIM LAMB
  23 Aug 2016 8:09pm

  HE WAS SOME FOOTBALLER,AS I RECALL. STARTED FOR Qld as a raw boned 14stone second rower,but became a top class ball running 16 stone front rower. The Brothers side he played for was outstanding, as was the Norths side of that time. Only side to match that Brothers side was the outstanding Wynnum Manly side of the mid eighties in my opinion. Manteit and another Qlder, John WITTENBERG, were among my favourite front rowers of the sixties.Both should have played more Tests than they actually played for Australia. Manteit maybe slightly better than Wittenberg,but that would be a close call!!

• Glen Wilkie
  2 Mar 2020 6:44pm

  I was ball boy at Corbett Park during Brothers rule Brothers v Norths a night match Dennis cover tackled half back Johnny Brown out of touch a metre from the try line knocked me so far out of the park needed to catch a taxi back to the ground!!

• Keith cook
  29 Nov 2023 7:10pm

  I was luck enough to play with the big man. He always looked after us younger blokes. He always had your back and encouraged our team to do better. Mont never took a step back on the field or off. I'm proud to say I was a team mate of his. Hope you're doing good up in Qld Mont. Hi to to Gwen. Kc

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