The Score: Scott Pendlebury prepared to take Big Freeze plunge before Queen’s Birthday match
Scott Pendlebury lost his grandfather to motor neurone disease and won’t necessarily wait until he retires to take part in the Big Freeze slide.
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Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury is willing to go down the Big Freeze slide as part of his pre-game preparation before Monday’s Queen’s Birthday clash.
The Pies superstar has a close affinity to Neale Daniher’s MND fight because he lost his grandfather, Noel, to the horrible disease in 2016.
“People often ask me, ‘Would you go down the slide when you retire?’” Pendlebury said on the Jock and Journo podcast.
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“You could make me go down 20 minutes before (the first bounce). If Neale Daniher said ‘Can you go down the slide?' Absolutely. No qualms.
“If that got more people there, raising more money for the fight (against MND), I'd love to.”
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Pendlebury revealed he was shocked by how quickly MND took away his grandfather.
“My grandpa went from fully healthy to nine months later passing away," he said. "I would go back to Sale to see him and he was a shell of himself.
“He was 30 kgs lighter and he couldn't get off the couch without the help of my brothers and I.”
This year's line-up of sliders includes Pendlebury’s premiership teammate Dane Swan, Brendan Fevola, Jimmy Bartel, Chris Judd, Jobe Watson, Liam Picken and Bob Murphy.
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Originally published as The Score: Scott Pendlebury prepared to take Big Freeze plunge before Queen’s Birthday match
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