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cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma) 1983 Ron James: 19 Footscray: AFL: waterskiing accident 1990 Doug Magor: 21 Footscray: VFL: car accident 1969 Michael Mascoulis: 20 Port Melbourne (former West Coast rookie) VFL (formerly AFL) car accident 2013 [14] John McCarthy: 22 Port Adelaide: AFL: accidental fall in Las Vegas 2012 Dinny McKay: 29 South ...
Established in 2012, the year of Stynes' passing, the Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award is an A$20,000 awarded annually to "current AFL and AFLW players who demonstrate a commitment to the community and helping others" to be given to the charity or community program of the winner's choosing. [61]
Peter Crimmins (8 July 1948 – 28 September 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). "Crimmo" was known as a lightly built but courageous and skilful rover whose early passing from cancer is one of Australian football's saddest stories.
In 2020, Dear was diagnosed with untreatable pancreatic cancer.In 2021, Dear appeared on the AFL-centred TV show The Front Bar to promote the charity. [1] He died in July 2022, just one week before Hawthorn was to play in the "Dare to Hope" match to raise money for Pancare, a charity that Dear supported until his death. [2]
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com Chris Stone (24 February 1959 – 24 November 2023) was an Australian businessman and Australian rules footballer . He was the husband of former Belgian prime minister Sophie Wilmès .
He was arguably Fremantle's best player in the demolition of North Melbourne in a career-best performance, kicking five goals and collecting 20 disposals. [ citation needed ] In August 2020, McCarthy was notified by the Fremantle Football Club that he would not be receiving a contract for the 2021 AFL season ; McCarthy and Fremantle mutually ...
Supporting and raising awareness for children's cancer charity Challenge. [22] Originally launched in 2006 following Adam Ramanauskas' cancer diagnosis in partnership with the Cancer Council of Victoria. [23] Players wore yellow armbands for the match, which the AFL had formally denied, resulted in the club being fined AU$20,000. [24]
He also read the sport headlines during the news on Perth radio station Mix 94.5 from 5:30 to 9:00 am. In 2005 he was a reporter for the Seven News desk. Between 2001 and his death he was a member of the selection panel for the All-Australian team and the AFL Rising Star. [4] He was married to Rani and had two children.