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Postby kempey » Mon May 12, 2014 7:06 pm

Just heard T Shirt Tommy succumbed to cancer. Vale
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Postby dedja » Mon May 12, 2014 7:11 pm

One of the greats of the VFL. Top bloke too.

Goes to show that no matter how well you look after your body, and Tommy was an absolute health and fitness freak, the big C doesn't discriminate.
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Postby JK » Mon May 12, 2014 7:12 pm

Yeah sad news, a big name in the game ever since I started following it.
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Postby gadj1976 » Mon May 12, 2014 7:24 pm

Wow, what a legend. I'm not one for adding to vale threads normally but this wasn't a normal bloke.
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Re: Tom Hafey vale

Postby valleys07 » Mon May 12, 2014 7:25 pm

dedja wrote:One of the greats of the VFL. Top bloke too.

Goes to show that no matter how well you look after your body, and Tommy was an absolute health and fitness freak, the big C doesn't discriminate.


x2.

Vale Tommy. A legend of the game, certainly a prominent figure during my childhood.

Will be as big a public reaction as EJ I reckon.
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Postby Wedgie » Mon May 12, 2014 7:55 pm

Cancer sucks! RIP Tom, a legend of the game and was the Cats coach when I started following them. I still imagine him in an Adidas T-shirt no matter how cold it was.
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Postby Jim05 » Mon May 12, 2014 8:04 pm

Very sad to lose Tommy and Reg Gasnier so close together.
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Postby Ruben Carter » Mon May 12, 2014 8:06 pm

A genuine football nice guy and great coach. I attended a sportsman's night at which he spoke many years ago & he impressed me tremendously. I could see why he was so loved & respected by his players & why he was so successful. Vale T-shirt Tommy :(
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Postby saintal » Mon May 12, 2014 8:23 pm

Not old enough to have seen him play but have heard a few of the stories about him, and used to enjoy him on ABC radio.
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Postby Jimmy_041 » Mon May 12, 2014 9:15 pm

Loved him as the Collingwood coach
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Postby FOURTH ESTATE » Mon May 12, 2014 9:35 pm

Deeply saddened by the news. A great man in football and in Life. One of only five Richmond Immortals
Coached how a coach should coach. Loved by his players and respected by foes will be sadly missed.

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Postby Rik E Boy » Tue May 13, 2014 10:26 am

RIP T Shirt Tommy. A coach far ahead of his time. Richmond have never really recovered since Tom was shown the door despite the 1980 flag. Only McHale, Norm Smith and Barassi can claim to be a bigger name in Australian Rules Football.

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