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The "Original" #3.
I just find this so very very sad.
Sincerest condolences to Chris' family and all that he touched in his dynamic life.
Hopefully you will all appreciate that with the closeness of a WA born identity you might lay off any innuendo and speculation out of respect for those on TWF who knew him or his family.
Mainwaring dead in late night tragedy
1st October 2007, 10:00 WST
Former Eagles player and champion footballer Chris Mainwaring has died, police have confirmed.
In a statement this morning, police confirmed that the dual-premiership player, 41, was taken to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital by ambulance shortly after midnight.
It is understood Mainwaring may have suffered a seizure at his up-market Haining Avenue home in Cottesloe.
Police responded to a complaint regarding a man yelling in the street at 11.25pm.
It is understood Mainwaring was calm when emergency services arrived but he refused assistance from the ambulance.
He was placed in the care of a neighbour, and returned to his home without incident.
Shortly afterward, St Johns Ambulance was called again and found the man unconscious.
He was taken to SCGH and pronounced deceased a short time later.
Major Crime is investigating the circumstances surrounding Mainwaring’s death on behalf of the coroner, as is the procedure for all unexpected deaths.
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Chris Mainwaring
Fast Facts:
Jumper No: 3
Height: 179
Weight: 83
DOB: 27/12/1965
Recruited From: East Fremantle (WA)
Career Matches: 201
Career Goals: 84
About
The career of champion wingman Chris Mainwaring was motoring along nicely until he backed into a pack of on-coming players in the round two clash with Geelong at Kardinia Park in 1997. That split-second decision, which was instinctively as fearless as he had always been, changed his life forever. To that stage Mainwaring was in a neck and neck struggle with Guy McKenna in the race to be the first West Coast player to achieve 200 games, but the impact of that collision and a subsequent knee reconstruction saw Mainwaring play just eight more games. A tireless wingman, Mainwaring had to that point finished in the club’s top 10 in the club champion award seven times and was three times runner-up. A dual premiership player, for many the defining moment of the 1992 triumph was Mainwaring ecstatically jumping off the interchange bench to celebrate the achievement.
Records
Other clubs: East Fremantle (61 games, 26 goals).
* Recruited from East Fremantle as part of the West Coast Eagles inaugural squad
*Debuted for East Fremantle v Swan Districts 30/3/1985
*Played his 50th AFL match v Collingwood at Subiaco Oval 11/6/1989
*Played his 100th game v Hawthorn at Subiaco 18/8/1991
*Played his 150th AFL match v Geelong at Kardinia Park 25/6/1994
Awards Honours
East Fremantle premiership player 1985. In 1987 he was the West Coast Eagles rookie of the year and was also third in the club champion award. Three times (1989, 1992 and 1996) he was runner-up in the club champion award. Was selected in the VFL team of the year in 1987 and earned all-Australian honours in 1991 and 1996. In 1991 he was captain of the WA team, which won the national championship. In 1996 he won The West Australian-McInerney Ford footballer of the year award and in 1997 won the best clubman award as well as selection in East Fremantle’s team of the century.
C7 Profile:
A dual premiership player with the West Coast Eagles in the 1990s, Chris Mainwaring served the club superbly after making his AFL debut in its first game back in 1987, and went on to play 201 games in 13 seasons.
Drafted from East Fremantle in the WAFL, Mainwaring quickly established himself as one of the competition's premier players on the wing, having represented Western Australia for the first time in 1985.
Mainwaring helped establish the Eagles as one of the power clubs of the league, particularly in the early to mid-1990s as they won flags in 1992 and 1994, before a serious knee injury ruined his 1997 season.
After completing his rehabilitation Mainwaring returned to the line-up the following year before retiring from the AFL in 1999.
Since then he has worked for Channel Seven as a newsreader and sports reporter, as well as reading sport headlines on Perth radio and also providing special comments during matches played in WA.
His extensive AFL background and intricate knowledge of the game in Perth makes Mainwaring an outstanding person to share his expertise and insights on the league, particularly in his home state.