Vale Wally May

[Ford Fairlane]

Sad news especially for those who grew up watching the Sunday Footy Show and Channel 9 footy replays with the passing of the legendary Wally May aged 84.

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AUSTRALIAN football is in shock as it mourns the death of Essendon and Sturt great Wally May.

He was 84.

One of the game's toughest players and most assertive commentators on television, May died on Monday and had his funeral on Friday kept private by his family.

May was a second-generation Bomber when he followed his father Charlie's footsteps to Essendon to start his 94-game VFL career in 1947. He won two premierships - 1949 and 1950 - with the Bombers where he made his name as a ruckman and defender.

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[Relativity]

Knew nothing of Wally other than the "Comment Wally May/No comment" standard that was thrown around in the day. Was he Sturt then Essondon or vice versa? What was the origin of the "comment/no comment line?