Daniher's family honors 'simply my dad' at state funeral as tributes flow

Neale Daniher died from motor neurone disease after a 27-month diagnosis, leaving behind a wife of 41 years, four children, and six grandchildren.

At the Melbourne Cricket Ground, thousands gathered to farewell Neale Daniher — footballer, coach, and tireless advocate against motor neurone disease — in a state funeral that revealed the quiet depth beneath the public legend. Diagnosed with a terminal illness that gave him twenty-seven months, he chose instead to spend years transforming grief into purpose, rallying a nation around a cause that had no cure. What the tributes made plain is that the man who inspired thousands was, to those who loved him most, simply a father who hid chocolate biscuits and rocked his grandchildren with his leg

Daniher's family honors 'simply my dad' at state funeral as tributes flow

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