heightweight death_place death_date years birth_place statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
194 cm / 91 kg adelaide , south australia 5 october 2002 1988 '94 -lrb- 214 -rrb- '' ' '' '29 -lrb- 64 -rrb- '' ' '' hopetoun , victoria 1992 essendon 17 october 1967 laurence schache
 laurence schache
laurence schache

laurence schache -lrb- 17 october 1967 -- 5 october 2002 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer , playing in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- with the brisbane bears and the south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- with sturt , west torrens and woodville-west torrens .
born in hopetoun , victoria , schache was zoned to the essendon football club in the victorian football league .
he played in the minor grades at essendon as a forward with some success , which included a haul of 25 goals in an under-19s match against in round 22 , 1985 , but he never managed to play a senior game for essendon .
schache moved to adelaide in 1988 to play for sturt , before moving to west torrens in 1989 .
schache was drafted by brisbane as the number one choice at the 1990 mid year afl national draft and made his afl debut for the bears against geelong in round 4 , 1991 .
schache played 17 games for brisbane in 1991 , winning the club 's leading goalkicker award in his first season with 47 goals , including a best return of six goals against adelaide in round 14 .
schache had a less successful year in 1992 , playing 12 games for 17 goals , and subsequently was delisted by brisbane at the end of the season after 29 games and 64 goals .
schache returned to south australia in 1993 to play for the woodville-west torrens eagles -lrb- west torrens having merged with fellow sanfl club woodville at the end of 1990 -rrb- .
schache played in the eagles 's first premiership but injured his knee the following year , forcing his retirement .
schache briefly coached latrobe football club in tasmania before returning to adelaide , where he was diagnosed with amyloidosis in july 2002 .
initially told he had five years to live , schache collapsed and died at his home , three months later .
he was 34 and left a widow and two children .
his son , josh schache , is also an australian rules footballer , and after excelling at under-18s level as a forward in 2015 is considered a strong chance to be selected with the first pick in the 2015 afl draft .
