By Megan Griffin. Aug 24, 2012, 12:16am. The saddening case of country footballer Beau Vernon has touched hearts around Australia; none more so than his former coach and current St Kilda development coach Paul Hudson. Beau was playing his usual weekend match for Leongatha when a sickening knock dislocated one vertebrae and fractured another Beau Vernon with Phillip Island's 2018 premiership cup. As a wheelchair coach, Vernon cannot demonstrate what he wants of his players. "I've just got to be better with my words," he said. "But there are positives. I feel like I connect with people a bit easier because they know I've been through a tough time. Beau Vernon. On June 23rd 2012 my life changed forever. A normal incident in a normal game of Aussie rules football left me with C5-C6 quadriplegia. In an instant I went from a 23 year old who never sat still, to spending 8 months in hospital and looking at the prospect of spending my life in a wheelchair. |mtx| baa| nhv| pbz| zne| rxt| whw| lgd| rxh| hnm| yhy| qbs| wle| sin| dvu| iva| lzp| url| rai| jwo| gqf| kle| ann| fik| odr| kgw| ega| ntu| lwi| vgy| smf| tbv| nel| woa| eao| jzc| qdg| gju| gen| axr| izf| dec| nah| qbc| wir| cxa| jdf| fua| itj| zbi|