Footy legend Terry Hill dies 老年の just 52 - throwing the rugby league world into shock

  • 広大な/多数の/重要な played for Manly, NSW and Australia?
  • Rose to the 最高の,を越す of the sport in 274-game career?
  • Colourful 教団 hero died in the Philippines?

The footy world is in a 明言する/公表する of shock and 嘆く/悼むing after Manly, NSW and Kangaroos 広大な/多数の/重要な Terry Hill died 老年の just 52.

The Sea Eagles legend 苦しむd a heart attack in the Philippines, where he had been spending more time in 最近の years as he worked with a charity, News Corp?報告(する)/憶測d.

Hill was married to a Filipino woman and lived in Homebush in Sydney's west at the time of his death, によれば the 出版(物).?


His former チーム仲間, ex-South Sydney 船長/主将 Craig Coleman, 明らかにする/漏らすd 詳細(に述べる)s about his final hours.

'He'd been there [the Philippines] for a couple of weeks and rang a mate and said he wasn't feeling 井戸/弁護士席,' Coleman told Nine.

'The mate told him to 嘘(をつく) 負かす/撃墜する ... 明らかに he went to sleep and never woke up.'

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Terry Hill (pictured playing for Manly in 2005) rose to the very 最高の,を越す of the game in a long and 高度に successful career

Born in Newtown, Hill (pictured running the ball for Manly) was one of the top players in the world at his peak and represented NSW and Australia on multiple occasions

Born in Newtown, Hill (pictured running the ball for Manly) was one of the 最高の,を越す players in the world at his 頂点(に達する) and 代表するd NSW and Australia on 多重の occasions

The Blues star's confrontation with Gorden Tallis during a 1999 State of Origin match (pictured) has gone down in footy folklore

The Blues 星/主役にする's 対決 with Gorden Tallis during a 1999 明言する/公表する of Origin match (pictured) has gone 負かす/撃墜する in footy folklore

Hill played 246 games in a club career that saw him run out for Souths, Easts, Wests, Manly and the Wests Tigers, 同様に as playing 14 matches for NSW and another nine for his country.

Born in the inner-west Sydney 郊外 of Newtown, he made his first-grade debut for Souths in 1990, 転換d to Easts in 1991, then to Western 郊外s in 1992 before finding his footy home with Manly in 1994.

He excelled in the centres for the Sea Eagles for six seasons, helping guide them to 首相の職 glory in 1996, then returning to the club to finish his career in 2005 after playing 49 games for the Wests Tigers across four years.

Known as one of the game's most colourful characters, he was a 正規の/正選手 on Channel Nine's The Footy Show during its most successful years and will also be remembered by fans for his 星/主役にする turns in 広告s for Lowes menswear.

Nicknamed 'Tezza', Hill was one of footy's most colourful characters and became a regular on The Footy Show (pictured) at the peak of its popularity, as well as starring in well-known TV commercials for the Lowes menswear chain (below)

愛称d 'Tezza', Hill was one of footy's most colourful characters and became a 正規の/正選手 on The Footy Show (pictured) at the 頂点(に達する) of its 人気, 同様に as starring in 井戸/弁護士席-known TV 商業のs for the Lowes menswear chain (below)

Hill was at the centre of one of the modern game's defining 演劇s when he was 草案d to play for Easts in 1991 にもかかわらず 以前 調印 to join Wests.

He and other players 機動力のある 合法的な 活動/戦闘 against the game's then-治める/統治するing 団体/死体, the NSWRL, for 抑制 of 貿易(する) and won their 事例/患者 in the High 法廷,裁判所 after a long 戦う/戦い.

'Those players were very 勇敢に立ち向かう men because they had no 財政上の support and they all put their 指名する on the line, which meant they put their homes on the line, because if they had lost the League would have come after them for costs,' footy 広大な/多数の/重要な turned barrister Kevin Ryan said of Hill and his fellow 星/主役にするs.

Hill - 愛称d 'Tezza' - made his 代表者/国会議員 debut for City in 1993, the same year he broke into the Blues 明言する/公表する of Origin team for the first time.??

Hill is pictured (centre) with Beau Ryan (left) in a more recent appearance on The Footy Show after he'd retired from rugby league. There was never a dull moment when he was on screen

Hill is pictured (centre) with Beau Ryan (left) in a more 最近の 外見 on The Footy Show after he'd retired from rugby league. There was never a dull moment when he was on 審査する

The powerful centre switched to Wests Tigers (pictured) in 2000, but returned home to Brookvale to finish his first-grade career with Manly in 2005

The powerful centre switched to Wests Tigers (pictured) in 2000, but returned home to Brookvale to finish his モミ st-grade career with Manly in 2005

He was selected for his country for the first time for the 1994 Kangaroo 小旅行する, and 得点する/非難する/20d a try when he made his international debut against New Zealand in 1995.?

The 主要な try scorer in the ARL 競争 at the 高さ of the 最高の League war in 1997, he switched to the Tigers in 2000 but could only manage 49 matches in four seasons with the club, before returning to Brookvale to play the last 16 games of his first-grade career in 2005.???

He then gave 支援する to the sport that made him famous by coaching bush clubs in Umina and Kincumber.

Hill's Manly チーム仲間 and fellow league legend David Gillespie 明らかにする/漏らすd he saw his mate in the Philippines の直前に his death as they raised money for an orphanage.

'I was with Terry only last week,' he told the 出版(物).

'He was his usual self, the life of the party.

'Terry was 罰金 and had everyone in stitches at the fundraiser. His death is sudden, 予期しない and incredibly sad. He was a very generous person.

'As a player, Terry was relentless, 堅い and uncompromising. He would give it and take it.'

Hill's fellow Footy Show star, league great Darryl Brohman, posted a tribute to his mate after news of his death became public (pictured)

Hill's fellow Footy Show 星/主役にする, league 広大な/多数の/重要な Darryl Brohman, 地位,任命するd a 尊敬の印 to his mate after news of his death became public (pictured)

Other チーム仲間s of Hill's also remembered him after 審理,公聴会 the shocking news.

'Terry was a ferocious competitor...the 肉親,親類d of guy you love to play と一緒に...he was 堅い, 熱烈な and 運動競技の,' said his fellow Manly 広大な/多数の/重要な Steve Menzies.

'Off the field, he loved a laugh, telling jokes, and he had endless one liners. He loved 存在 the centre of attention.'

'He'd make it personal on the field, but not off it,' his Tigers チーム仲間 Joel Caine said on Wednesday.

'One of the 広大な/多数の/重要な sledgers. He always had a quick-witted line.'

Souths 広大な/多数の/重要な Coleman said: 'Terry was one of the game's real characters and a 広大な/多数の/重要な player.

'I'd watched him come through Souths as a kid. He was a proud Souths junior and we always knew he was 運命にあるd for big things.'

Hill's チーム仲間 and later coach at Manly, Des Hasler told Daily Mail Australia: 'So young. I believe he had a few health 問題/発行するs. He had a pretty decorated career. A real larrikin. He certainly enjoyed his footy.'?

The Sea Eagles paid 尊敬の印 to the club 広大な/多数の/重要な in a 声明 解放(する)d すぐに after news of his death became public.?

'Terry was a much loved and 尊敬(する)・点d 人物/姿/数字 at not only the Sea Eagles, but across rugby league, where he played for several clubs,'' Manly CEO Tony Mestrov said.

Hill won the 1996 premiership with Manly and was the top tryscorer in the ARL competition during the height of the Super League war in 1997

Hill won the 1996 首相の職 with Manly and was the 最高の,を越す tryscorer in the ARL 競争 during the 高さ of the 最高の League war in 1997

'On に代わって of everyone at the Sea Eagles, we 申し込む/申し出 our deepest and sincere 弔慰s to Terry's family and friends during this difficult time.

'Terry will always be 情愛深く remembered at Manly.'

Ex-Manly 船長/主将 and coach Geoff Toovey - who played と一緒に Hill - remembered him as a 'good friend' who 'did a lot of good things for his team-mates'.

Former footy 星/主役にする turned マスコミ personality Daryl Brohman 発言する/表明するd his shock and 悲しみ at the news すぐに after it broke.

'This is soo sad. 初めは I had my 疑問s as to if I like him or not. However once I spent time with him at both Lowes and The Footy Show my 尊敬(する)・点 for him grew. He was a larrikin but 深い 負かす/撃墜する a good guy. RIP Tezza,' he wrote.?

Australian Rugby League (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 chairman Peter V'landys called Hill a 'prodigiously talented footballer'.

'同様に as 存在 one of the game’s 広大な/多数の/重要な centres he was also one of its most popular characters, a 巨大(な) personality who was universally loved by the players he played と一緒に over his long career in the 最高の,を越す grade,' V'landys said.?

Souths and Wests also 解放(する)d 尊敬の印s to Hill on Wednesday, along with Greyhound Racing NSW, which あられ/賞賛するd him as an 'owner and major 支持者 of the sport'.