AFL clubs to don black armbands in honour of Melbourne teacher who died after head clash during football game

A minute's silence will also be held before Richmond Tigers and Melbourne Demons match to mourn 27-year-old Nathan Fitzgerald

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Every AFL club will don black armbands at their weekend matches in honour of a Melbourne teacher who died after a horror head clash during a football game.

Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, was taken to the Royal Melbourne hospital after he fell to the ground and hit his head on a covered cricket pitch during an Australian rules football game in Lalor in Melbourne's north on Saturday.