This personal essay reflects on the author's love for AFL and their team, the Sydney Swans, through the lens of their father's passing. While excited for the upcoming grand final, the author grapples with the heaviness of grief knowing their father is no longer there to share this moment.
When I was a kid my dad was the funnest, coolest person in the world. He loved watching and playing sport, so of course I did too — especially when we would watch WWE and my dad would let me and my siblings do wrestling moves on him and each other. When I was 10 my family moved to a small NSW town near the Victorian border, deep in AFL country.
I didn’t think I could enjoy the footy without him and the sight of so many kids with their dads upset me. The Swans lost and maybe I was done with this sport, I decided. At that point, it was hard for me to enjoy anything that reminded me of dad. This included but was not limited to: 90s Britrock bands, cooking meat outside, swimming in the ocean, talking way too loudly on the phone.
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