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About Stephen Boyle
- Stephen Boyle (born 4 September 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from Moe, Boyle was a half forward flanker who kicked at least one goal in each of his six appearances for Footscray in the 1972 VFL season.
- Just a week after the infamous John Greening incident had taken place, Boyle also suffered a career-ending injury.
- Playing his sixth league game, against St Kilda at Western Oval, he badly injured an eye after a collision with defender Kevin "Cowboy Neale.
- He was admitted to hospital with bleeding behind his eye and needed surgery to stop blood from reaching his brain.
- Doctors were unable to prevent him from permanently losing the sight of his right eye and although he attempted a comeback he never played another VFL game.He was the second of three family members who had their sporting careers ruined by injury.
- His mother, Nancy Boyle, was a short distance runner and briefly held the 440 yard world record in 1957.
- She missed out on qualifying for the 1960 Rome Olympics when she stepped on a nail.
- He also has a son, Tim Boyle, who played for Hawthorn but was forced into retirement at the age of 25, due to multiple injuries.
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