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Beloved AFL commentator Sandy Roberts has announced he is suffering from the incurable blood cancer myeloma after keeping the shattering diagnosis a secret for a year.
A veteran who called more than 1100 games as he became the face of footy with Channel Seven during a 46-year career, the 73-year-old first learned he had the disease after a fall at home in May 2022.
'I ended up in hospital and was told I didn't have any broken bones or internal injuries, but that I did have cancer,' he told the Herald Sun.
'Just like that, we had no idea. If I hadn't fallen, who knows what would have been the outcome.
'It was such a shock. I'd had open-heart surgery three months earlier and came out of that feeling good.'
Roberts became the face of footy during a glittering 46-year television career that saw him cover more than 1100 games
The 73-year-old (pictured with AFL great Alastair Lynch at an awards ceremony in 2015) decided to make his health battle public to raise awareness about the blood cancer myeloma
Myeloma is a rare blood cancer that develops from plasma cells in the bone marrow. The abnormal cells then spread throughout the marrow, leaving the body struggling to make normal blood cells.
People who have the disease suffer from a weakened immune system, damaged bones, frequent infections and kidney problems - and it is one
