COMMUNITY and sporting legend Bob “RA” Steel has been left flabbergasted after Wedderburn College on Tuesday named its stadium in his honour.
“There’s plenty of others who could have been up here with me,” said Bob said after the surprise announcement following the college’s Anzac service.
Bob said he had only attended the commemoration because an interstate trip would see him out of the district on Anzac Day.
Bob has been actively involved in football, cricket and community organisations for many decades and principal Danny Forrest said he had been a unanimous choice to receive the stadium honour.
Assistant principal Dean Lochart, who first encountered Bob as a junior football coach in the 1980s, said Bob was an icon of the community.
“He’s volunteered his time to make Wedderburn a better place and I’ve been privileged to have been influenced by Bob.”
The naming ceremony was the start of Wedderburn celebrating 160 years of education with major events planned for July.
Mr Steel said: “I appreciate and acknowledge everyone’s thoughts but I would prefer not to be standing here. 
“There are many people who have done more.
“I am gobsmacked that people would think of doing this ... it’s mind-blowing,” Bob told college students and teachers.