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Aussies in shock over death in Las Vegas
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September 12, 2012, Wednesday
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THE mysterious death of a young footballer outside a Las Vegas casino has cast a shadow over the Australian Football League finals series and prompted soul-searching among clubs about their responsibilities for players.
The body of John McCarthy, a 22-year-old midfielder for Port Adelaide Power, was found on the driveway of the Flamingo hotel on Sunday morning.
McCarthy had become separated from a group of teammates partying in the Nevadan gambling mecca, a popular holiday destination for Australian Rules players keen to let their hair down after a bruising season of the indigenous football code.
The player called his girlfriend and sounded distressed and disorientated after losing his companions, and spoke of heading to the airport to get a flight home. Hours after the call, he was pronounced dead in a medical trauma unit, having fallen nine meters from a roof of the Flamingo casino.
His death has rocked the AFL community and sparked an outpouring of grief in Australia's southern states where fans embrace the game with religious fervor.
"It does put things in perspective," said Mick Malthouse, a former coach of McCarthy's at Port's Melbourne rivals Collingwood, where the player struggled to break into the first team. "A lot of boys would like to think they wear a Superman suit around but unfortunately that's not the case and it brings things back to reality."
The body of John McCarthy, a 22-year-old midfielder for Port Adelaide Power, was found on the driveway of the Flamingo hotel on Sunday morning.
McCarthy had become separated from a group of teammates partying in the Nevadan gambling mecca, a popular holiday destination for Australian Rules players keen to let their hair down after a bruising season of the indigenous football code.
The player called his girlfriend and sounded distressed and disorientated after losing his companions, and spoke of heading to the airport to get a flight home. Hours after the call, he was pronounced dead in a medical trauma unit, having fallen nine meters from a roof of the Flamingo casino.
His death has rocked the AFL community and sparked an outpouring of grief in Australia's southern states where fans embrace the game with religious fervor.
"It does put things in perspective," said Mick Malthouse, a former coach of McCarthy's at Port's Melbourne rivals Collingwood, where the player struggled to break into the first team. "A lot of boys would like to think they wear a Superman suit around but unfortunately that's not the case and it brings things back to reality."
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