Former Dockers and Giants player Cam McCarthy dies

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Former Fremantle and Giants subordinate Cam McCarthy has died astatine the property of 29.

A WA Police connection connected Friday said: “About 6:15pm yesterday, Thursday 9 May 2024, exigency services were called to an code successful Lake Coogee. Upon arrival, it was confirmed a 29-year-old antheral was deceased.

Former Fremantle and GWS subordinate Cam McCarthy.

“The decease is being treated arsenic non-suspicious.

“A study volition beryllium prepared for the coroner.”

The quality volition stone the shot satellite with McCarthy the 3rd erstwhile Docker to dice earlier reaching the property of 30 successful the past six years.

The AFL and the AFL Players’ Association are alert of McCarthy’s death.

Drafted astatine prime No.14 successful the 2013 nationalist draft, the West Australian played 70 matches and kicked 99 goals earlier being delisted by the Dockers astatine the extremity of 2020.

He spent 2 seasons astatine the Giants earlier leaving the nine up of the 2016 play aft 21 games owed to homesickness, having attempted to beryllium traded backmost to Fremantle successful the erstwhile commercialized period.

He stood retired of shot successful 2016 earlier being traded to the Dockers astatine the extremity of that season, and helium played 49 games arsenic a cardinal guardant for the nine successful the adjacent 4 years. He had grown up a Dockers instrumentality and was calved connected the time of the club’s archetypal AFL game.

His clip astatine the Dockers ended conscionable earlier the completion of the 2020 season, erstwhile helium was told helium would not person his declaration extended.

McCarthy was diagnosed with epilepsy aft collapsing astatine Dockers’ training midway done that season.

The talented guardant won the Dockers’ goalkicking successful 2017 with 25 goals and showed his endowment arsenic a marking guardant who was an close kick.