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Summary McCarthy played eight games for Collingwood in 2011.
An Australian Rules footballer who died while on holiday in Las Vegas had jumped onto a palm tree from the roof of a four-storey building, witnesses have told authorities.Port Adelaide midfielder John McCarthy, 22, died in what appeared to be a tragic accident on the weekend in the United States where he was on an end-of-season holiday.Officials said that McCarthy had ended up at the Flamingo casino very early in the morning alone and in a disoriented state after leaving a nightclub, finding himself on a mezzanine roof of the building.It seems to be at this point of time, the evidence is suggesting, that hes jumped off that wall to a palm tree, said Australian police officer Stuart Bailey, who had spoken with the local coroners office about the death.Maybe hes been disoriented about how much the fall was, slipped and has fallen to the ground.McCarthy played eight games for Collingwood in 2011 but made the move to Port Adelaide in 2012, playing 21 of the 22 games this season.
