Tony Lockett badly hurt in endurance motocross race crash
* By Marcus Casey, Sydney Confidential
* From: The Daily Telegraph
* July 13, 2010 12:00AM
FORMER AFL hardman and Sydney Swans star Tony Lockett has suffered permanent damage to his left arm and is struggling to recover from a serious compound fracture sustained in an endurance motocross race near Alice Springs.
Friends have rallied around the reclusive 44-year-old who is unable to drive or use his arm for all but the simplest of tasks and is requiring constant medical treatment.
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Poor fellow. Hope he gets better.
Skin grafts are very tricky... I've had two... I had a similar diagnosis about my right arm many years ago, and of course you can still see it, but most of the symptoms are gone. Can't feel the skin so much, and it gets very cold, but that is it.
Skin grafts are very tricky... I've had two... I had a similar diagnosis about my right arm many years ago, and of course you can still see it, but most of the symptoms are gone. Can't feel the skin so much, and it gets very cold, but that is it.
"Don't give up, never give up" - Robert Harvey.
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What utter nonsense.saintspremiers wrote:He kept our club alive in the 80's when all was lost.
Ditto my previous comment.He deserves the full support of our club in his recovery.
We owe him nothing. He chose to turn his back on the club (time and time again), should have the financial wherewithal to look after himself thanks to the AFL, so I cannot fathom how anyone could think he "deserves" the support of the club.
Why in God's name should hard working people contribute funds to the club only for them to spend it supporting an over-paid, self-indulgent, selfish, disloyal prick?
I hope he recovers fully and gets movement back into his arm.
But I am with Face. He shouldn't be getting financial support from our memberships. He was well paid and then upped and left. Even the article describes him as a Sydney player. Let them financially support him.
St Kilda can send their best wishes.
But I am with Face. He shouldn't be getting financial support from our memberships. He was well paid and then upped and left. Even the article describes him as a Sydney player. Let them financially support him.
St Kilda can send their best wishes.
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Haha. Yeah if the damage to big plugger was that bad, then the bike must be completely stuffed!!Quixote wrote:Bloody hell. How's the bike??
He was a genuine superstar who owned Moorabbin - all the best to him. He has plenty of money, he doesn't need anyone's help.
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Kinda with ya there.Beekay wrote:Don't care for Plugger what-so-ever.
Seems to be a bit of a cold-hearted meat head.
Robert Harvey. Now there is a gent I will give my best wishes to till the end of time.
But there's no doubt as a footballer Plug was a somewhat of a freak.
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
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How many of the '66 team went on to play football elsewhere? Have they had rotten fruit thrown at them by Saints fans?plugger66 wrote:Yes you dont leave our club and still be liked.Beekay wrote:Use to love Heath Black for a while there.plugger66 wrote:
And you felt that way in the late 80's and early 90's?
Times change. Things happen.
I think circumstances, reasoning, future behaviour and personality have a lot to do with it. Well... duh
I don't dislike Luke Ball. Think he made a very calculated, intelligent decision. It made sense and he couldn't do much more for us. Don't think many would really care. Apart from those who believed he could once kick 80 metres on his left foot and run like the wind. Nothing bad to say about the Saints, respects the players he's played with...
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Tough crowd.
Plugga was a shy kid, that was also a supertstar, but whom did not want and could not really handle all the attention he was getting......
and who yes unfortunately developed intoa bit of a weird guy.
But not everyone can handle beinga superstar.....
Probably did not help that even the coach at some stages was fawning over him...
If he had come thru under Lyon and today's system may well have been a different story.
PS: Was one of the best several players I have seen ever play the game... I saw most of his St Kilda games and regard myself as very fortunate to have done so.
Plugga was a shy kid, that was also a supertstar, but whom did not want and could not really handle all the attention he was getting......
and who yes unfortunately developed intoa bit of a weird guy.
But not everyone can handle beinga superstar.....
Probably did not help that even the coach at some stages was fawning over him...
If he had come thru under Lyon and today's system may well have been a different story.
PS: Was one of the best several players I have seen ever play the game... I saw most of his St Kilda games and regard myself as very fortunate to have done so.
Flying the World in comfort thanks to FF Points....
got to know him a bit,....very polite young man afaic....but riding motor cycles????...what ever possessed him....temporary aussies , those guys.....not here permanently so don't get attached.....
.everybody still loves lenny....and we always will
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Good luck to the big fella. He brought a lot of joy to this club, especially over the many years we were only just competitive, thanks mainly to him.
Admittedly did seem to have a "bee in his bonnet" with St Kilda after he left, but I still like to remember him as one of the TRUE legends of the game, a title that gets thrown around a bit too much these days from over excited commentators.
Admittedly did seem to have a "bee in his bonnet" with St Kilda after he left, but I still like to remember him as one of the TRUE legends of the game, a title that gets thrown around a bit too much these days from over excited commentators.