ST KILDA champions Stewart Loewe and Robert Harvey have led an emotional tribute for Saints great Danny Frawley at the club’s Trevor Barker Award on Wednesday night.

Charged with the responsibility of representing Frawley’s former teammates at Crown Palladium, the pair recalled the impact of his time at Moorabbin in their respective journeys.

Asked by Saints chief executive Matt Finnis to speak on Tuesday, just 24 hours after Frawley’s sudden death in a car crash near Ballarat, Loewe admitted he was initially left “numb” at the request before accepting. 

Close friends and former teammates Stewart Loewe and Robert Harvey talk about Danny Frawley at the Saints’ B&F night.

“He was the man I just adored, first as a teammate, then as my skipper and then as one of my very best mates,” Loewe said of Frawley.

“Harvs and I were both kids when we started our careers at St Kilda and like so many others, he helped shape us into the men we both are today.

“He taught us how to compete, he had enormous empathy, he had an insatiable hunger to drive himself to be the best he could be.”

Vale, Danny Frawley ❤️

A special tribute to Spud from the 2019 Trevor Barker Award. pic.twitter.com/swohwI6yHt

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