Shane Yarran
Australian rules footballer
Died when: 28 years 322 days (346 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Shane Yarran (2 June 1989 – 20 April 2018) was an Australian rules footballer.He played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) in the 2016 season.
Yarran also played for Subiaco and Peel Thunder in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for Kelmscott and Gosnells in the Western Australian Amateur Football League (WAAFL).
Yarran's football career began in 2013 after he served a six-year prison sentence.After playing in the amateur and country leagues in 2013, he joined Subiaco in the WAFL in 2014 and helped the team win the premiership that year and the next.
Yarran was awarded the Bernie Naylor Medal for kicking the most goals in the WAFL in 2015.He was picked up by the Fremantle Dockers in the 2015 AFL national draft and scored 10 goals for the team in the six games he played in the 2016 season.
He also played for Peel Thunder in the WAFL in 2016, helping the team win their first premiership.Yarran's football career was plagued by criminal and drug issues off the field.
He retired from AFL at the end of 2016 due to his personal issues.He returned to the WAAFL, playing for Kelmscott in 2017.
In May 2017, he spent time in jail again following a high-speed police pursuit.In 2018, he played for Gosnells in the WAAFL.
Yarran died by suicide in April 2018.
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