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Essendon VFL coach, former Lions assistant Tapping dies

Tributes are flowing after Essendon VFL coach Dale Tapping died following a battle with myeloma. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Essendon VFL coach and highly rated former Brisbane Lions AFL assistant Dale Tapping has died aged 59 after a long battle with the aggressive blood cancer myeloma.

Tapping, who joined the Bombers at the end of 2021, had been fighting myeloma since January 2023 and died on Tuesday morning.

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