Sport at the highest level is a bit of a millionaires' playground these days but, it wasn't always like that.
Sport at the highest level is a bit of a millionaires' playground these days but, it wasn't always like that.
Gary Gilmour played 15 test matches for Australia and was part of World Series Cricket but gave the game away at the age of 28 because he didn't see how it was going to pay the bills.
Hard to imagine now, but it was an easy decision for him at that time, even though things weren't all plain sailing in retirement.
Some of his former team mates and the Australian Cricketers Association, made up of retired players, helped Gilmour out when he was in por health and needed a liver transplant.
He is now living healthily in Newcastle and can reflect on the fact that life after sport isn't always the glitz and glamour that we're used to seeing these days.
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