Deserves a thread, I feel. Crashed his cattle truck this afternoon in SA and is in Flinders hospital in a serious condition. Reports few, varied and paywalled.
This Farking sucks. 
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Every kid playing markers up in the 90s channeled this guy.
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Our prayers and thoughts are with Tony and his family
This is terrible. He’s the best.
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Man, this hits.
As a teenage bombers fan, Adelaide in the nineties could be hostile, especially at football park.
With a Crows season ticket I found on the bus, I followed that man from end to end at every Crom home game. I used to stand with the “GODRA” sign people in my Essendon scarf and scream for every mark and goal line he was wearing red and black.
I wore #6 and begged my coach to switch me from full back to full forward. One week I had five at half time and refused to kick any more because that’s how many Mods had snagged the night before.
FAAAAAAAARK this.
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The great Merv Neagle lost his life in a similar fashion in a truck accident.
Hoping that Mods pulls through. One of my all-time favourite non Essendon players.
He was an incredibly special player.
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I made a black and red Modra poster that I took to the 1991 sanfl GF.
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That was not an enjoyable day.
I got very sick of hearing that The Bloods ran on to the field with only one goal in mind.
I also once loudly abused Steven Sims.
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The year that Ablett won mark of the year for dropping that ball, Modra had three better.
The “Boy who could fly” mark springs to mind.
His 13 goals against Richmond remains the most dominant FF performance I’ve ever seen.
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