Footy Show’s Darryl ‘The Big Marn’ Brohman hid from bank robbers during heist while he was a teller

Darryl ‘The Big Marn’ Brohman is known for his NRL career in the 1970s and 80s. 

But during the Sunday Footy Show, the 63-year-old commentator revealed he was once caught up in a bank heist while working as a teller. 

Host Erin Molan brought up the topic, saying that a man armed with a gun stormed into a bank while Darryl and six female tellers were behind the counters. 

‘Is it true that you ran and locked yourself in the safe and left all the women out there to fight the robber?’ Erin asked. 

‘Well, not really. I did go to the safe and hide. I don’t know why I did because you think that would be the place they would go!’ Darryl replied, throwing Erin and the other hosts into fits of laughter. 

‘I’m not proud of it Erin. You know what it’s like. It’s like being on television, it’s every man for himself!’ 

Erin chuckled: ‘I don’t know what that’s like!’ 

‘Of course you don’t!’ Darryl cheekily replied.   

Darryl appeared on the show via video link while sitting in his kitchen with a sign that read ‘bring back Big Marn’ in the background. 

‘Just that sign behind you Darryl, usually people rely on their fans to do that!’ Erin said.

Darryl was seemingly referring to his regular contributions to The Footy Show, which was cancelled after 25 years in 2018.

Meanwhile, the Sunday Footy Show continues to air on the weekend as it has done since 1993, with Darryl making occasional contributions. 

In January, Darryl was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to Rugby League, having won a premiership and played State of Origin.