Tributes flow for ‘deeply loved’ Melbourne teacher who died after a head clash during Australian football game

According to The Guardian World, tributes are flowing for a Melbourne schoolteacher who died after a head clash during an Australian rules football game. Nathan Fitzgerald, twenty-seven, fell and struck his head on a covered cricket pitch during a match in Lalor, in Melbourne's north, on Saturday. He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he later died. The Guardian reports his school community in Mernda is in mourning, remembering him for the profound impact he left as an educator.

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