Former NRL player Josh McGuire has been nominated for The Frownlow Medal Hall of Fame after being accused of assaulting a child.
The Frownlow Medal is awarded to the player whose off-field demeanour epitomises the values of the modern-day footballer and draws attention to the status of footballers as role models to young Australians. It covers Australia’s four major football codes: the men’s and women’s National Rugby League (NRL), Australian Football League (AFL), the A-League (Football) and Rugby Union’s Super Rugby competition. NRL player Shaun Kenny-Dowall won the inaugural medal in 2015, while AFL player Noah Balta is the most recent recipient.
The Frownlow Medal Hall of Fame honours former players and players who received media attention in previous seasons, for similarly scandalous behaviour, and its inductees include Ben Cousins and Julian O’Neill.
McGuire played for Queensland and Australia but now faces charges of strangling a child in Brisbane in what was described as an ‘extremely serious’ incident.
The former Bronco, Cowboy and Dragon will stand trial on charges of choking, suffocation or strangulation against a child as well as common assault against a child. The alleged act left marks on the child’s neck and the alleged victim was said to have been noticeably upset after the incident.
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The Frownlow Medal 