REVEALED: Depressed AFL icon Danny Frawley 'skipped a 開会/開廷/会期 with his psychiatrist on the day he died - and he didn't show up for a family get together to celebrate his 56th birthday a day earlier'

  • Fresh 詳細(に述べる)s have 現れるd about AFL legend Danny Frawley's final days?
  • Former St Kilda captain and Richmond coach died 近づく Ballarat on Monday
  • He was 予定 to see a psychiatrist about 現在進行中の demons on the afternoon he died
  • Also didn't …に出席する a family 集会 to celebrate his 56th birthday on Sunday
  • His death has shocked AFL world with 尊敬の印s planned at this 週末's 決勝戦

Harrowing new 詳細(に述べる)s have 現れるd about the lonely final days of AFL 広大な/多数の/重要な Danny Frawley, whose 悲劇の death in a 選び出す/独身-car 衝突,墜落 has left the footy world reeling.? ?

The St Kilda legend and much-loved マスコミ personality died on Monday when his ute slammed into a tree 近づく Ballarat in country Victoria, not far from where he was raised on his family's potato farm - hence the 愛称 'Spud'.??

Frawley, who opened up in 最近の years about his 戦う/戦いs with 不景気 and 現在進行中の mental demons,?was 調書をとる/予約するd in to see a psychiatrist in Melbourne on the afternoon he died, によれば The Age.??

A day earlier, he had planned to celebrate his 56th birthday with family but didn't …に出席する, the 出版(物) 報告(する)/憶測d.

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Danny Frawley is survived by his wife Anita and three daughters Daniell
e, Keeley and Chelsea

Danny Frawley is 生き残るd by his wife Anita and three daughters Danielle, Keeley and Chelsea

Danny Frawley (pictured) is believed to have taken his own life just one day after his 56th birthday, after battling with depression? for years

The AFL legend made his last public 外見 on Fox Footy program Bounce on Saturday (pictured), just two days before his death

The no-show (機の)カム 24 hours after Frawley on Saturday made his last public 外見 on Fox Footy show?Bounce, which won't go to 空気/公表する this week as a 示す of 尊敬(する)・点.?

On Saturday's show, host Jason Dunstall pulled out a 'birthday cake', which was a raspberry muffin with a 選び出す/独身 candle, and told Frawley to make a wish.?

After blowing out the candle,? Frawley 辞退するd to answer when?Dunstall asked what he wished for.

'It's fair to say you wouldn't want to know about it,' Frawley replied.?

'There's a fair chance it's hosting, probably.'

While the 原因(となる) of the 選び出す/独身-乗り物 事故 had not been 確認するd, a source told Daily Mail Australia self-害(を与える) was considered the most likely explanation.?

Danny Frawley (pictured with his daughter Danielle)? died when his vehicle slammed into a tree

Danny Frawley (pictured with his daughter Danielle)? died when his 乗り物 slammed into a tree

It's understood?Frawley spent a lot of time in 最近の months in the farming community of Bungaree where he grew up, 103km west of Melbourne.

He worked at stables run by a friend and 定期的に visited his mum Shirley and siblings who still live in the 地区.??

'He has got two lives,' former St Kilda チーム仲間 Michael Roberts told The Age.

'He always went 支援する to the country to get happiness and the ジャングル was the city. I know that to go 支援する home was 慰安ing for him.'?

Frawley's sudden death is 推定する/予想するd draw 重要な attention to men's mental health 問題/発行するs in the weeks to come, 特に in AFL circles.?

Collingwood Magpies 星/主役にする Adam Treloar, who recently opened up abut his own 戦う/戦いs with 苦悩, now wishes he'd 行為/法令/行動するd on his 願望(する) to get in touch with the AFL legend after listening to Frawley's podcast on his mental health 戦う/戦いs.

'I remember when I listened to it and I really didn't know how bad his mental health was and how much he struggled - and that's because I just didn't know the guy,' a heartbroken Treloar said on Fox Footy's AFL 360 on Tuesday night.

'When I was listening to him talk, in that moment I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to 会合,会う him, I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to (犯罪の)一味 him, I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to 雑談(する) to him.

'I was so shy, I just wish I had enough balls to call him and have a 雑談(する) to him.

'You can never 予知する what's going to happen and 心配する that this was going to happen. My heart goes out to him because I know he had his struggles ― he spoke about his struggles ― and I 井戸/弁護士席 and truly have my struggles.

'My heart just goes out to him. I'm just lost. I feel so sorry for his family.'

Danny Frawley was nicknamed Spud because he grew up on a potato farm in country Victoria

Danny Frawley was 愛称d Spud because he grew up on a potato farm in country Victoria

Frawley is pictured on his farm in an image he posted to Twitter before his tragic death

Frawley is pictured on his farm in an image he 地位,任命するd to Twitter before his 悲劇の death

DANNY'S FINAL DAYS?

SATURDAY: Frawley appears on Fox Footy show Bounce and 辞退するs to 明らかにする/漏らす his birthday wish as he blows out a candle on a cake.

SUNDAY: The AFL icon fails to show up at a family 集会 to celebrate his 56th birthday.

MONDAY: Frawley dies in a 選び出す/独身-car 衝突,墜落 近づく Ballarat in Victoria. He was 報道によれば 調書をとる/予約するd in for a 開会/開廷/会期 with his psychiatrist that afternoon.

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Frawley is 生き残るd by his wife Anita and three daughters - Danielle, Chelsea and Keeley.?

His heartbroken family 解放(する)d a 声明 on Tuesday afternoon to 表明する their love and pride for a remarkable man who touched the lives of many.?

'The Frawley families are 全く shocked and 荒廃させるd by his passing, but Danny 供給するd us with strength, good humour and unwavering support during his 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の life, memories which will be 心にいだくd and help us 対処する with his 悲劇の death,' the 声明 read.

'Danny made friends from all walks of life. He had a smile that would light up a room, an 感染性の laugh and an 平易な charm that made people feel good about themselves. He genuinely liked and cared about people and they loved him 支援する.

St Kilda legend Danny Frawley is survived by wife Anita and three daughters

Danny Frawley's 荒廃させるd family 解放(する)d a 声明?to 表明する their love and pride for a remarkable man who touched the lives of many

'Danny was to all who knew him a caring, loyal, selfless, loving person who would always put others first before himself and aside from hi s work in football and マスコミ he worked hard to use his profile to 除去する the stigma associated with 不景気 and encouraged 受託 and support for those who 苦しむd with mental health 問題/発行するs.'

The family also thanked everyone for their 圧倒的な support in the last 24 hours.?

'We are humbled, proud and incredibly touched,' they said.

'His 遺産/遺物 and love of his family will never be dimmed. Forever in our hearts.'?

Danny Frawley leaves behind his wife Anita, and three beautiful daughters Chelsea, Keeley, and Danielle

Danny Frawley leaves behind his wife Anita, and three beautiful daughters Chelsea, Keeley, and Danielle

Frawley?coached Richmond from 2000 to 2004, and worked with Hawthorn and St Kilda befo
re becoming a commentator

Frawley?coached Richmond from 2000 to 2004, and worked with Hawthorn and St Kilda before becoming a commentator

A 一時しのぎの物,策 神社 continues to grow at St Kilda (警察,軍隊などの)本部, where club 広大な/多数の/重要な Nicky Winmar paid his 尊敬(する)・点s to his former チーム仲間 with a 深く心に感じた 尊敬の印.

'Cuz, my Kooda forever,' he 調印するd.

He remembered Frawley as a 広大な/多数の/重要な man gone too soon.??

'Danny was just Danny. As a captain, as a man, I'd walk across 砂漠 with him, I'd go to war with him because he's a true 信奉者,' a Winmar told The 先触れ(する) Sun.?

'It's a wake-up call for the AFL, 不景気 and 苦悩, you've got to let people know we are humans and not robots.

'It's a wake-up call for everyone, just get together every now again and catch up as mates. We walk across the white line to play footy as チーム仲間s.'

A makeshift shr
ine is growing at St Kilda headquarters, where Frawley played 240 AFL games

A 一時しのぎの物,策 神社 is growing at St Kilda (警察,軍隊などの)本部, where Frawley played 240 AFL games

Frawley's heartbroken former teammate?Nicky Winmar visited the club on Tuesday to pay his respects with a heartfelt tribute

Frawley's heartbroken former チーム仲間?Nicky Winmar visited the club on Tuesday to 支払う/賃金 his 尊敬(する)・点s with a 深く心に感じた 尊敬の印

FULL FRAWLEY FAMILY STATEMENT

?On Monday, Danny was taken tragically from us.

The Frawley family are 荒廃させるd, but 十分な of love and pride for a remarkable man who touched the lives of many.

To some he was known as an AFL footballer, coach and マスコミ 人物/姿/数字; but to his wife Anita and their three daughters, Chelsea, Danielle and Keeley, Danny was a loving husband and a 充てるd dad. Danny adored his family.

One of six children, Danny was loved by his mother Shirley and late father Brian. He will be sadly 行方不明になるd by his brothers and sisters Christine, Michael, Tony, Anne and Marita, who will have 心にいだくd memories of growing up with Danny on the farm in Bungaree.

The Frawley families are 全く shocked and 荒廃させるd by his passing, but Danny 供給するd us with strength, good humour and unwavering support during his 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の life, memories which will be 心にいだくd and help us 対処する with his 悲劇の death.

Danny made friends from all walks of life. He had a smile that would light up a room, an 感染性の laugh, and an 平易な charm that made people feel good about themselves. He genuinely liked and cared about people and they loved him 支援する.

Danny was to all who knew him a caring, loyal, selfless, loving person who would always put others first before himself. Aside from his work in football and マスコミ, he worked hard to use his profile to 除去する the stigma associated with 不景気 and encouraged 受託 and support for those who 苦しむd with mental health 問題/発行するs.

We would like to 心から thank everyone for the outpouring of love and 親切 at this time. We are 圧倒するd by the messages of support に引き続いて his death.

We are humbled, proud and incredibly touched.

His 遺産/遺物 and love of his family will never be dimmed. Forever in our hearts.

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A 'moment of silence' will be held to remember Frawley before the AFL 決勝戦 存在 played in Melbourne and Brisbane this 週末.

A 最高潮の場面s reel will also been shown on the big 審査する at both matches while players from all four competing clubs - Geelong, West Coast, Brisbane and GWS - will wear 黒人/ボイコット arm 禁止(する)d as a 尊敬の印.

One of six children, Frawley was the former St Kilda captain and Richmond coach who built a successful 地位,任命する-playing career in the マスコミ, 首尾よく 連合させるing astute game 観察s with his light-hearted persona.

He played 240 games for St Kilda between 1984 and 1995 and was the club's?longest serving captain until Nick Riewoldt (太陽,月の)食/失墜d his 記録,記録的な/記録する in 2014.?

He coached Richmond from 2000 to 2004 and guided the Tigers to a 予選 final in 2001.

Frawley went on to commentate the AFL for 3倍になる M, Fox Sports, SEN and the Nine 網状組織 - 同様に as work part-time as a 防御の coach with his beloved Saints.??

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The former St Kilda star and former Richmond coach turned 56 the day before he died

The former St Kilda 星/主役にする and former Richmond coach turned 56 the day before he died

Danny Frawley of the Saints is chaired off the ground following his final match in 1995

Danny Frawley of the Saints is 議長,司会を務めるd off the ground に引き続いて his final match in 1995

Thousands of footy fans 調印する a 嘆願(書) to make the Golden 握りこぶし from Danny Frawley's segment on Bounce an 公式の/役人 award on Brownlow night

More than 40,000 AFL fans have 調印するd a 嘆願(書) to make Danny Frawley's Golden 握りこぶし an award on Brownlow night.

As a pundit on Fox Sports footy show Bounce, Frawley 手渡すd out the award for the best defender each week.

At the end of the season he tall ied the 投票(する)s and awarded a 'Golden 握りこぶし' to the player with the most 投票(する)s.?

It was a lighthearted idea but after Frawley's 悲劇の death 老年の 56 on Monday, fans are calling for the award to be 現在のd at the Brownlows.

The 公式の/役人 awards night 現在/一般に 手渡す the Brownlow メダル to the best player and the Coleman メダル to the 今後 with the most goals.

But there is nothing to reward defenders - and fans want the Golden 握りこぶし to fill the 無効の.?

AFL 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Gillon McLachlan said he would consider the idea.?

More than 40,000 AFL fans have signed a petition to make Danny Frawley's Golden Fist an award on Brownlow night

More than 40,000 AFL fans have 調印するd a 嘆願(書) to make Danny Frawley's Golden 握りこぶし an award on Brownlow night

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