Wally Lewis stands defiant against bigger man Mark Geyer in 1991. Photo: Craig Golding
For such a high profile rugby league player who read the game better than most, Wally Lewis kept his epilepsy a secret for 20 years until the night of November 16, 2006.
It was, in a way, his team secret.
And then, the secret he had successfully concealed during his stellar football career from all except wife Jaqui and few very close friends, came tumbling out in his new career.
Wally Lewis with son Lincoln. Photo: Helen Nezdropa
Lewis had an epilepsy attack while he was reading the television sports news on the Brisbane's Nine Network, giving the wrong impression that he may have been drunk on air.
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He wasn't. He lived with epilepsy, but told very few people.
Lewis had brain surgery to correct the epileptic seizures at Melbourne's Austin Hospital.
Statue of Wally Lewis which stands outside Suncorp Stadium, or Lang Park as traditionalists call it. Photo: Cameron Spencer
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Wally Lewis: Team Brisbane