Australian Rules Football
Player | Age | Team | Position | Cause of death | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry, DaveDave Barry | 24 | North Fremantle | half-forward | run over by a train | 1913 |
Baynes, RhettRhett Baynes | 25 | Perth | ruckman | suicide (overdose) | 1990 |
Broadbridge, TroyTroy Broadbridge | 24 | Melbourne | defender | drowning (2004 Asian Tsunami) | 2004 |
Collins, NormNorm Collins | 29 | Hawthorn | utility | suicide (hanging) | 1933 |
Crimmins, PeterPeter Crimmins | 28 | Hawthorn | rover | cancer (testicular) | 1976 |
Doig, RonRon Doig | 23 | South Fremantle | captain-coach | on-field injury | 1932 |
Downs, LyleLyle Downs | 24 | Carlton | rover | heart attack | 1921 |
Ford, EddieEddie Ford | 28 | Katandra | on-field injury | 1946 | |
Fox, ArthurArthur Fox | 29 | South Melbourne | wingman | motorcycle accident | 1953 |
Gibb, RayRay Gibb | 24 | Richmond | utility | motorcycle accident | 1953 |
Gilmore, BrianBrian Gilmore | 26 | Footscray | follower | car accident | 1959 |
Gordon, WayneWayne Gordon | 29 | Melbourne | wingman | cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma) | 1983 |
James, RonRon James | 19 | Footscray | rover | waterskiing accident | 1990 |
Magor, DougDoug Magor | 21 | Footscray | car accident | 1969 | |
McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy | 22 | Port Adelaide | midfielder | accidental fall | 2012 |
Millane, DarrenDarren Millane | 26 | Collingwood | wingman | car accident | 1991 |
Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon | 26 | Richmond | utility | car accident | 1992 |
Ogden, TerryTerry Ogden | 23 | Carlton | wingman | pleurisy | 1935 |
Orr, MaxMax Orr | 24 | Melbourne | half-forward | car accident | 1955 |
Phillips, FredFred Phillips | 27 | Hawthorn | captain-coach | blood poisoning | 1933 |
Reid, BruceBruce Reid | 19 | South Melbourne | half-back | car accident | 1970 |
Sankey, MaurieMaurie Sankey | 25 | Carlton | ruckman | car accident | 1965 |
Skehan, PhilPhil Skehan | 26 | South Melbourne | follower | pneumonia resulting from an on-field injury | 1921 |
Stewart, JimJim Stewart | 24 | North Melbourne | appendicitis | 1942 | |
Strauch, DenisDenis Strauch | 28 | Port Melbourne | forward | tetanus | 1965 |
Tassell, DougDoug Tassell | 24 | Essendon | defender | car accident | 1970 |
White, PeterPeter White | 26 | Carlton | drowning | 1996 | |
Witto, LesLes Witto | 23 | Carlton | defender | tetanus | 1926 |
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