Paul Dear was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Younger brother of fellow Hawk ruckman Greg Dear, Paul was the smaller of the two, Greg stood at 199 cm to Paul’s 188cm.
Paul Dear: How did Die| What happened to| Cause of death
How did die:
He died due to cancer.
Paul Dear was a Popular Australian Rules Football Player. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2020. He then died in July 2022, just a week before playing in Hawthorne’s “Dare to Hope” match to raise money for the Charitable Foundation.
Paul Dear was a Popular Australian Rules Football Player. He played for Hawthorne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).He made his debut in 1987 and played in the grand finale that year.
What happened to:
He died in July 2022, just a week before playing in Hawthorne’s “Dare to Hope” match to raise money for the Charitable Foundation.
He then filled in for the full-forward unavailable Jason Dunstall but lost. He was then named in a series of emergencies to enter the team in the 1988 and 1989 Premiership years.
| Playing career1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1987–1996 | Hawthorn | 123 (80) | |
Cause of Death:
Pancreatic cancer
He got a regular game in 1990. He played 23 games and his form continued until 1991. He then received his Premiership Medallion and helped Hawthorne beat the West Coast by two goals and win the Norm Smith Medal in the 1991 Grand Final.
In an interview with the Herald Sun last year, Dear said he was not worried about dying, and was determined to enjoy his life while he still could.
“I’ve always had a very simple philosophy in life. When your time’s up, your time’s up,” Dear said at the time.
“I’ve never worried about dying. Everyone is going to die, it’s just a matter of when. Our reflection was very much along the lines of, ‘let’s not focus on the dying, let’s focus on living.'”
