John Cook will play footy for Royal Park Tigers despite suffering severe lung disease

By Michelle Smith
Updated July 13 2019 - 5:42pm, first published July 12 2019 - 7:00pm
TEAM MATES: John Cook, 62, will line up beside his son Brett in the Royal Park Tigers reserves side this weekend to help make up numbers, despite suffering severe lung disease. Picture: Adam Trafford
TEAM MATES: John Cook, 62, will line up beside his son Brett in the Royal Park Tigers reserves side this weekend to help make up numbers, despite suffering severe lung disease. Picture: Adam Trafford

Severe lung disease won't stop John Cook from coming out of retirement and pulling on the footy boots this weekend, but it might stop him from running around the field.

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