Monday, August 31, 2009

Don't Mess With Dawn Fraser


If you don't know who Dawn Fraser is you will now. She won four Olympic gold medals for Australia along with four others and is considered one of the best women swimmers of all-time. She has always been fun. During the 1964 Tokyo Olympics she tried to steal a flag from the front of the Emperor's palace during a middle of the night dare. She was arrested but given the flag later.

Well, the other night a guy tried to rob her house. Umm, bad idea. Dawn, who is 71 was walking into her home when a man grabbed her at the front gate.

"This guy came out of the gate and grabbed me and I grabbed him by the ear and I kicked him in the groin. So he had to let me go. He threatened my life and I got really annoyed about that and just grabbed him by the ear and the hair."

Dawn, along with a neighbor who came to help sat on the burglar until the police arrived.

21 comments:

MISCH said...

LOVE THIS...WHAT A WOMAN

MontanaMarriott said...

LOLOLOL
I LOVE IT!

Maja With a J said...

I agree with the above sentiments *L*

BigMama said...

priceless!

whole lotto luv said...

"...I got really annoyed about that..."

Gawd, I wonder what she'd do if she got really pissed off. WTG, lady!

SkittleKitty said...

Sounds totally Aussie.
Awesome.

Patty said...

Best story of the day. Love it!

Laurie-Anne R Collins said...

That's awesome!

TV said...

i want to be her if i grow up

Liz said...

I love this woman!

Pookie said...

how awesome is she?! go her! and lol @ the flag-stealing dare.

selenakyle said...

YEAH! You go, you cool-as-sh*t older lady!

I love these kinds of stories...gray panthers not taking ANY gruff off ANYbody.

Karmen said...

Dude, this woman rocks! She's my hero. Thanks for posting this!

ardleighstreet said...

Good for her! She didn't just take a bite out of crime. She kicked it in the groin!! LMFAO. She is a superhero!

lanasyogamama said...

Yay Dawn!

PJ Nelson said...

You. Go. Girl!

braverwoman said...

Hell Yeah!

meltish said...

Oh Dawn, some of the stories I have heard about you are worthy of some blind items too...

Unknown said...

Dawn has always been known as someone you just don't want to piss off..so good for her:)

Katja said...

I'm sorry Enty I have to borrow the post and the photo for my blog. I will give massive credit or take it down if you want me to. But this story needs at least one more round of rss feed! Wow! I didn't know her and I now want to jump up and down and be pleased to have met her! wow- kick it real good!

Katja said...

here is what I posted. The same as here but with added gushing. What a weird word that is!

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