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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 ...
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]
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.
Otto won an AFL title in 1967 and played in six AFL or AFC championship games with the Silver and Black. ... died after struggling with cancer in recent years. ... Bean was MLB's only living ...
The Peter Crimmins Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) from the Hawthorn Football Club deemed best and fairest for the season. Peter Crimmins was a rover for Hawthorn, playing from 1966 to 1975. He died of cancer just days after the club's 1976 premiership win.
He died at the Linacre Private Hospital in Hampton on 26 April 1996 [11] of liver failure after a prolonged battle with colon cancer. He was 39 years of age. He was 39 years of age. Barker's funeral at the Moorabbin Town Hall was attended by 6,000 mourners, and he was later buried at the Cheltenham Memorial Cemetery, alongside his sister.
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 .
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]