Power reveals McCarthy tributes

TRIBUTE: Port Adelaide will retire John McCarthy's jumper for next season. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: adelaidenow

PORT Adelaide is set to honour John McCarthy's memory with a program of tributes, including retiring his jumper for next season.

The Power, its players, coaches and the McCarthy family this week finalised plans on how to best remember McCarthy, who died in Las Vegas last September.

Port Adelaide will today announce:

THAT the number 35 jumper and locker used by McCarthy will be retired for 2013.

THE club's first home match in Round 2 against GWS will be a McCarthy tribute match, with players and fans set to recognise his time with the Power.

AN award in McCarthy's name will be introduced at next year's best and fairest in honour of a player's off-field contribution.

THAT McCarthy's name will be linked to a cause and charity which will benefit from funds raised at Port Adelaide's Round 14 fixture with his other club, Collingwood.

Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas said the club wanted to honour McCarthy's life in an appropriate and lasting fashion and in a way that respected his family's wishes

"John McCarthy made an immediate and remarkable impact upon the Port Adelaide Football Club community as he did towards many people throughout his life and that is what we will acknowledge, celebrate and never forget," Thomas said.

"We have considered a great number of suggestions, including many from our supporters, before committing to what the club and John's family feel are fitting and meaningful tributes to a much-loved and admired friend and footballer.

"John's family has made it clear, most significantly at his funeral, that they want his teammates to play with John's spirit and his love of life more than be driven by his memory or their grief at his loss."

Thomas said Port Adelaide and Collingwood would work together before finalising the arrangements around the teams' Round 14 clash at AAMI Stadium, including the charity spectators will be invited to support.

McCarthy died after falling off the Flamingo Hotel and Casino during an end-of-season trip to Las Vegas. He was 22.

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