DUAL West Coast premiership player Chris Mainwaring has passed away, aged 41.
The 201-game midfielder died of a heart attack in Perth early on Monday morning.
He was a member of the 1992 and 1994 Eagles premiership teams and was an All-Australian representative in 1991 and 1996.
Mainwaring was rushed to hospital on Monday morning after collapsing at his home in Cottesloe.
He is survived by his wife Rani and two children.
Mainwaring was an inaugural member of the Eagles’ squad in 1987 and was part of the club’s first Grand Final in 1991.
Runner-up in the Eagles' best and fairest three times and third on two occasions, he played eight state of origin matches for Western Australia.
Since his retirement in 1999, he has worked for Channel Seven in Perth as a newsreader and sports reporter, as well as working on Perth radio.
Mainwaring was a member of the 2007 AFL All-Australian selection committee alongside Gerard Healy, Kevin Bartlett, Rod Austin, Robert Walls and Mark Bickley.
RIP CHRIS
The 201-game midfielder died of a heart attack in Perth early on Monday morning.
He was a member of the 1992 and 1994 Eagles premiership teams and was an All-Australian representative in 1991 and 1996.
Mainwaring was rushed to hospital on Monday morning after collapsing at his home in Cottesloe.
He is survived by his wife Rani and two children.
Mainwaring was an inaugural member of the Eagles’ squad in 1987 and was part of the club’s first Grand Final in 1991.
Runner-up in the Eagles' best and fairest three times and third on two occasions, he played eight state of origin matches for Western Australia.
Since his retirement in 1999, he has worked for Channel Seven in Perth as a newsreader and sports reporter, as well as working on Perth radio.
Mainwaring was a member of the 2007 AFL All-Australian selection committee alongside Gerard Healy, Kevin Bartlett, Rod Austin, Robert Walls and Mark Bickley.
RIP CHRIS
