SAM DAVIS
10/09/1990 - 4/05/2008
On Sunday May 4th 2008 17 yr old Sam Davis'
life was tragically cut short. Sam was a
young person who had made a huge impact on
many others. He had many notable
achievements but none more than his talent,
passion  for
sport & ability to make friends wherever he
went.
Sam was loved by everyone that knew him (as
1700 people at his funeral will attest to).
He was a great mate and fiercely loyal to
family and friends.
From a very early age we
were told he would stick up for anyone who
was being bullied at school and he carried
this on throughout the rest of his much too
short life.
To Sam’s mates he was annoyingly good at
everything physical. He’d never played rugby
7s til last year and we had
people all over the place telling us he was
a rare talent with one of the best goose
steps (he would have only picked that up by
copying it) and he was asked to play it all
the time. His friends tell me he would even
dominate at carpet bowls.
Sam played state soccer at an early age and
made various representative
sides in the
sport. He was lucky enough to play in 4 cup
finals at Hindmarsh Stadium he came
away with 1 win from the 4 appearances. Sam
fully realised the value of playing at such
a fantastic venue and also knew how lucky he
was to be given such an opportunity.
Playing Indoor and Outdoor cricket for
his much loved Morphett Vale Sharks was
something Sam did from the age of 6. Playing
Super League at the age of 14 and winning
grand
finals
with the under 18 Indoor Cricket Team and
Under 21 Indoor Netball Team. Excelling in
the junior
ranks of the ICC Sharks Outdoor Cricket Club
under 15 team scoring 370 runs for the
season including a 102 not out, which is
still a record. When he was 16 he played A
grade with the bowling figures of 5 for 12
in one game.
Sam
played just about every sport in his 17
years before finding
his
one true love Aussie Rules Football. As a 15
year old, after
playing under 19s at Cumberland United
soccer club, he switched codes to have a season
with his mates playing at Happy Valley
Football Club.
Playing just 10 games in
the under 16s that year he came runner up in
the best and fairest and made the Southern
Under 16 team of the year. South Adelaide
Football Club saw his potential and picked him
up the very
next season starting in the under 17s and
finishing up in the under 19s in his 1st
season with
the  Panthers.
Sam
squeezed so much into his 17 years from
Bungee jumping in Bali
to
snorkelling in the South Pacific and
parasailing in Thailand during many family
holidays.
Sam was always busy. He walked earlier than
most. Riding his bike like a pro demanding
the removal of his trainer wheels before the
age of 2.
Forever the entertainer. It’s almost like he
knew he had only a short time to give to us
and had to make the most of it.
Sam to us was giving with his personality,
beautiful smile, crazy character and his
love of life. We had no decision to make
when faced with organ donation. It was his
intention and we knew that. Sam was blessed
with the perfect body and we had to make
sure that him being taken from us wasn’t all
for nothing.
He lives forever because of this gift. |
