Bernie Quinlan has revealed that he is recovering from a heart attack.
The AFL legend, 72, was rushed to Frankston Hospital last week after suddenly suffering chest pain and dizziness while preparing dinner at home.
He said he is “very lucky” to be alive and detailed how the heart attack occurred without warning at 5pm on May 21 while he was cooking.
“I’m here to fight one more day, but I’m very lucky,” he told Herald of the sun of the terrible experience.
“I was right on the edge, it could have gone either way.”
Bernie Quinlan (pictured in 2014) has revealed that he is recovering from a heart attack that came without warning.
The AFL legend (pictured in 1986), 72, was rushed to Frankston Hospital last week after suddenly suffering chest pain and dizziness while preparing dinner at home.
Bernie explained how he called an ambulance after feeling heaviness in his chest and was quickly taken to hospital for medical attention.
“I was alone and I had a shocking feeling, of heat and sweat, and I had heaviness in my chest,” he shared.
“Luckily I didn’t pass out or anything and when the ambulance got there they did everything they had to do and put jumper cables on me in case they had to start again.”
At the hospital, doctors discovered he had a nearly 100 percent blockage in one of his arteries and inserted two stents.
Bernie is now back home on the Mornington Peninsula recovering and was shocked by the health scare, which he said came completely out of the blue.
Bernie (pictured with Sue Quinlan in 2010) told how he is “very lucky” to be alive and detailed how the heart attack came without warning at 5pm on May 21 while he was cooking.
Bernie, known by the nickname “Superboot”, played for Fitzroy and Footscray in the Victorian Football League during his impressive career.
He said he believes heart problems could be present in his family history, after his father died of a heart attack at the age of 63.
Bernie, known by the nickname “Superboot”, played for Fitzroy and Footscray in the Victorian Football League during his impressive career.
He played a staggering total of 366 matches, scored 817 goals and is one of the few players to have won both a Brownlow Medal and a Coleman Medal.
Bernie became famous for his spectacular long kicks and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.