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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Mike Hytner

Neale Daniher, AFL great and motor neurone disease campaigner, dies aged 65

Neale Daniher
Neale Daniher in 2023. The former AFL coach, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2013, has died at home at the age of 65. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

The former AFL player and coach Neale Daniher has died, 13 years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

The 65-year-old’s family issued a statement on Monday confirming Daniher had died at home.

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