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A MOTOCROSS accident has done what no AFL player could - stop Tony Lockett.
The former St Kilda and Sydney Swans star may have permanent damage to his left arm after an endurance motocross race accident last month.
Friends have rallied around the reclusive 44-year-old, who is unable to drive or use his arm for all but the simplest of tasks, and needs constant medical treatment.
A friend said that the AFL's greatest goal kicker has had at least four operations since the accident. His injury has required skin grafts on the forearm, but the wound remained problematic.
"It's not healing as it should and it's causing a lot of concern," the friend said.
"Friends worried something like this would happen when he took up the sport three or four years ago because he is such a big rig - and now it has happened."
It's believed Lockett was practising for the Finke Desert Race - a dusty off-road event traversing 460km of outback terrain - when he was injured.
He was admitted to hospital in Alice Springs on June 9 with a suspected broken wrist.
But his injuries appear to have been worse than first suspected, with Lockett now struggling to recover from the serious compound fracture.
The goal-kicking legend turned his attention to motocross after hanging up his footy boots in 2002.
He competed in the previous two races on his off-road bike and showed he hadn't lost any of his competitiveness, finishing 249th out of a field of 500 in 2008.
After retiring from footy, Lockett also got involved in the lucrative greyhound breeding business - his top sires have included dogs Crash, Collide and Collision.
He couldn't be contacted for comment yesterday.
Lockett kicked a record 1360 goals in a celebrated 281-game career with St Kilda and the Sydney Swans.
He shared the 1987 Brownlow Medal with Hawthorn's John Platten, and won the Coleman Medal for the league's leading goalkicker four times.
The former St Kilda and Sydney Swans star may have permanent damage to his left arm after an endurance motocross race accident last month.
Friends have rallied around the reclusive 44-year-old, who is unable to drive or use his arm for all but the simplest of tasks, and needs constant medical treatment.
A friend said that the AFL's greatest goal kicker has had at least four operations since the accident. His injury has required skin grafts on the forearm, but the wound remained problematic.
"It's not healing as it should and it's causing a lot of concern," the friend said.
"Friends worried something like this would happen when he took up the sport three or four years ago because he is such a big rig - and now it has happened."
It's believed Lockett was practising for the Finke Desert Race - a dusty off-road event traversing 460km of outback terrain - when he was injured.
He was admitted to hospital in Alice Springs on June 9 with a suspected broken wrist.
But his injuries appear to have been worse than first suspected, with Lockett now struggling to recover from the serious compound fracture.
The goal-kicking legend turned his attention to motocross after hanging up his footy boots in 2002.
He competed in the previous two races on his off-road bike and showed he hadn't lost any of his competitiveness, finishing 249th out of a field of 500 in 2008.
After retiring from footy, Lockett also got involved in the lucrative greyhound breeding business - his top sires have included dogs Crash, Collide and Collision.
He couldn't be contacted for comment yesterday.
Lockett kicked a record 1360 goals in a celebrated 281-game career with St Kilda and the Sydney Swans.
He shared the 1987 Brownlow Medal with Hawthorn's John Platten, and won the Coleman Medal for the league's leading goalkicker four times.
Terrible bummer for a world-class athlete.
He still looks like he could score goals, rip your head off and win a motorcycle race -
all with a smile.
Here's hoping for a complete recovery.
Finke = endurance motocross??? WTF?
Sucks for Plugger, hope he gets on the mend.
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what happened to TONY MODRA ???????
Anyone ???
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