Of 90s sportsmen's hairy chests and smelly arms

A young man sniffling his armpit. (Courtesy)

In the 1990s, village sportsmen were the biggest magnets for green, naive village girls, with some even attracting the attention of the most sought-after village "humdingers," and many went as far as pinning down married women due to their prowess on the field.

Village footballers were the equivalent of today's music stars, drawing women in like moths to a flame. They had the easiest time during that era. These men were the village "bulls," siring children with reckless abandon. Their physique, hairy chests, and wild, aggressive energy were irresistible to women, and even married women were not immune to the attraction during the weekend derbies. Whispers of secret affairs and whispered rendezvous became part of the fabric of village life.