John Smethurst
Martin CAMERON (Morwell) (10:03): I stand here today to talk of the passing of John Smethurst. John was a great person of the Latrobe Valley. He was a teacher and an educator, and my involvement with John started back in the in the early 1990s, when I was lucky to be drafted to the Hawthorn Football Club. John used to drive me from Morwell down to Glenferrie Oval. On our trips we discussed all things about family, life, sport, education and also the great Hawks. We have lost one of life’s true gentlemen.