Tyler Simpson

Tyler Simpson
Personal information
Full name Tyler John Simpson
Date of birth (1985-08-28)28 August 1985
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Date of death 26 May 2011(2011-05-26) (aged 25)
Place of death Sydney, Australia
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position Right back
Youth career
Gladesville-Hornsby
Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan
APIA Leichhardt
Blacktown City Demons
Northern Spirit
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Northern Tigers 3 (1)
2004–2005 St George Saints
2005–2006 Queensland Roar 4 (0)
2006–2007 Perth Glory 1 (0)
2007 Sydney Olympic
2007–2008 Perth Glory 14 (0)
2008–2011 Blacktown City
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 January 2008

Tyler John Simpson (28 August 1985 – 26 May 2011) was an Australian football (soccer) player who played as a central defender or right back. He was the twin of fellow footballer Jordan Simpson.

Career

Simpson played in the NSW Premier League with Blacktown City Demons, APIA Leichhardt and Sydney Olympic. He had short stints in the A-League with Perth Glory and then-Queensland Roar. Simpson also played for a short time in Armenia with Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan.

It was a shock to many fans and supporters of football in Australia when his death, which was later disclosed to be suicide, was announced on 26 May 2011. A minute's silence was held as a mark of respect and remembrance to Simpson before the Round 10 clashes between Blacktown City Demons and South Coast Wolves and Sydney Olympic and Rockdale City Suns. As a mark of respect the Olyroos (Australian under 23s) wore black armbands in their friendly against Japan on 1 June 2011 in Niigata.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tyler Simpson: 1985 - 2011". Football New South Wales. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Simpson, Tyler". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Cox, Michael (30 May 2011). "Wolves downed in emotional roller-coaster". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Ormond, Aiden (30 May 2011). "Tyler Simpson Remembered". FourFourTwo Australia. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Let's Help End These Tragedies, FFA".
  6. ↑ "The Superman Effect". 12 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Tyler Simpson: 1985 - 2011". NSW Premier League. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  8. ↑ Shoolman, Michael (30 May 2011). "Spirited Blacktown earn win on South Coast". NSW Premier League. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  9. ↑ Carlucci, Joseph (30 May 2011). "Sydney Olympic extend lead with Rockdale City win". NSW Premier League. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Football NSW". Football NSW. Retrieved 2 June 2011.