AFLW premiership player dead at 28

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The Adelaide Crows and wider footy assemblage are mourning the unexpected decease of AFLW premiership subordinate Heather Anderson astatine conscionable 28.

The courageous defender was a subordinate of the Adelaide squad that defeated Brisbane by six points successful the 2017 expansive last connected the Gold Coast.

AFL caput of women's shot Nicole Livingstone said she was devastated to perceive of Anderson's death.

"Words cannot explicit the heavy sadness amongst the AFL and AFLW assemblage astatine this time," Livingstone said.

"Our sincerest condolences are to the Anderson family.

"On behalf of the AFL, I would similar to explicit my deepest compassion to Heather's family, friends and colleagues."

An service medic primitively from the ACT, Anderson was posted to the Northern Territory and drafted with prime 10 successful the 2016 draft.

She overcame a superior enarthrosis wounded to diagnostic successful each crippled of the 2017 season, but re-injured her enarthrosis successful the expansive last and opted for career-ending surgery.

Anderson became renowned for wearing a pinkish caput gear.

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