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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]
This category covers Australian rules football players who have either died while playing, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after taking ill on the pitch. Pages in category "Australian rules footballers who died while playing"
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.
He died at the age of 40 in his hometown due to complications from high blood pressure. July 18: Abner Haynes Haynes was the AFL's first Rookie of the Year and MVP, playing five seasons for the ...
Abner Haynes, a member of the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame, has died at age 86. Haynes, who was a running back who helped popularize the American Football League, died Thursday in Dallas.
After the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Tombides was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and in September 2012 during a period of recovery, he made his only professional appearance for West Ham. Following more treatment, he played at the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship, a feat that "defies medical logic". [2] Tombides died at the age of 20.
Honored on Cancer Awareness Day at Kenan Stadium, the wide receiver lost his two-year fight against lung cancer and died at age 23.