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

Mernda school community in mourning after Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, dies in hospital

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A Melbourne teacher who died following a horror head clash during an Australian football game has been remembered for the profound impact he left on his school community.

Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, was taken to the Royal Melbourne hospital after he fell to the ground and hit his head on a covered cricket pitch during an Australian rules football game in Lalor in Melbourne’s north on Saturday.