Known for his colourful personality and flashy looks, Capper was used as a marketing tool amid VFL expansion north of the Barassi Line, and for a time he was one of the few Australian rules footballers with a high profile in New South Wales and Queensland.

He became the VFL's highest-paid player in the mid-1980s, and his blond mullet, white or pink boots, and skintight shorts helped make him one of the game's most recognisable figures.

Capper was raised in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Huntingdale and briefly attended Brighton Grammar School.

He was also well known for his looks, his long blond locks of hair, deeply tanned skin, white boots and extremely tight shorts.

[13] In 2005, Capper released an autobiography called Fool Forward in which he openly admitted to using illegal drugs (amphetamines) during his VFL/AFL career.

[14] In 2006, Capper again made the news after an incident with film director Kayran Noskca, leading to a broken nose.

[19] Capper's political endeavour collapsed a few days later when he was advised that he had missed the midday deadline on 3 March to register with the Electoral Commission Queensland.

[22] In 2011, he made a cameo appearance in the premiere episode of the television program The Joy of Sets,[23] recommencing his short-lived alliance with the former hosts of Get This.

Capper continued to make unlikely cameo appearances during re-enactments in subsequent episodes, dressed in nothing but gold hotpants.

[25][26] To this day Warwick Capper continues to do celebrity guest appearances both at functions and on Television and he also regularly added some flair to Richard Stockman’s Breakfast Show on SEN.