- Former Fremantle and GWS star found in Perth resident
- Police say his death was not suspicious.
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AFL star Cam McCarthy has died at the age of 29, sending the football world into mourning.
Emergency services, including paramedics and police, were called to Lake Coogee in the southern part of Perth about 6.15pm on Thursday. Upon arrival they found a 29-year-old man dead.
“Upon arrival, it was confirmed that a 29-year-old man was deceased,” police said.
‘The death is considered non-suspicious. A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Former AFL star Cam McCarthy has died aged 29 in Perth under non-suspicious circumstances.
McCarthy left the GWS Giants and missed a season before continuing his career at Fremantle.
McCarthy was selected by the Giants with the 14th pick in 2013 and coached one game in his debut season.
He played a total of 49 games for the Fremantle Dockers and 21 games for the Greater Western Sydney Giants, having been selected out of South Fremantle as the 14th pick in 2013.
He made headlines when he left the Giants at the end of the 2015 season, and sat out the final year of his contract before being transferred to Fremantle.
The Giants granted McCarthy an indefinite leave of absence in January 2016 to be closer to his family as he battled a mental health condition.
That came after he requested a trade to Fremantle during the 2015 trade period, which was denied by the Giants.
He had a great season that year, scoring 35 goals, but he didn’t play a single game in 2016.
McCarthy would play 49 games for the Dockers after eventually being traded.
GWS expected McCarthy to return to the club after his medical leave
The sudden death of the former GWS and Fremantle star has shocked football fans.
McCarthy is the fourth Fremantle player to die young in the last eight years.
Shane Yarran was found dead in his Seville Grove home in 2018 after committing suicide when he was just 28 years old.
Harley Balic died in January 2022, days after turning 25, after documented battles with drug addiction, anxiety and other mental health issues.
And Colin Sylvia died in a car accident when he was just 32 years old in 2018.
More to come…
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