Mon Sep 26, 2022 – 4:03 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — An Australian football player warmed countless hearts this past weekend during the Australian Football League’s grand final when he honored the dignity of every human life.
Joel Selwood, a member of the Geelong Football Club who plays for the Geelong Cats, paid tribute to a young boy with a degenerative disease and also the team’s water boy with Down syndrome during the final game of the season.
Selwood’s first gesture was to carry young Levi, the son of retired Geelong Football Club player Gary Ablett Jr. onto the field, running with him through the banner at the beginning of the game.
“[It’s] Gaz’s turn to cheer on his little son,” Selwood said. “I think it’s only fair that an Ablett is performing on grand final day.”
The gesture allowed young Levi, who has a rare degenerative disease that leaves him unable to speak and who is likely to die at an early age, to follow in his father’s footsteps and allow his family to see their son carry on his father’s legacy.
“We have to say a massive thank you to both the @geelongcats and @joelselwood14
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