David Boon:

David Clarence Boon (*1960), nicknamed Boonie, is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1995.
-- Wikipedia

Ambivalent sportsman:

He is also alleged to have once consumed 52 cans of beer on a flight from Sydney to London in 1989, in a story that is considered by some to be part of Australian sporting legend. This has never been confirmed by Boon however though Geoff Lawson did confirm it.
-- Wikipedia

Boonie's 52's:

The most talked about statistic attributed to an Australian sportsman is David Boon’s 52 [...] So revered is the figure that it was once suggested that the Tasmanian speed limit be lowered to 52kmh as a tribute.
-- beebo.org

Boonie for VB Beer:

A senior Foster's executive has admitted the beer company was wrong to create the David Boon figurine, because it glorified binge drinking. [...] Chris Maxwell, national sponsorship manager at Foster's Group, conceded the brewery had not anticipated binge drinking would become such an urgent social issue. "We thought that David Boon had a perfect fit with VB. He was a good Aussie bloke, with good Aussie values. However, we have had a lot of criticism around using him in regards to this binge-drinking issue," Mr Maxwell said.
"Looking back, we have decided that was the wrong thing to do. We didn't have the foresight to see that this issue was going to be so significant. And in glorifying that behaviour we have added to the issue of the normalisation of binge-drinking in Australia."
theage.com.au

Material about Boonie, Beer and Australia Day:

The Laboratory of Manuel Bürger

+++ Vamos a la playa, a mi me gusta bailar, el ritmo de la noche, sounds of fiesta +++

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