Excerpts From today's Herald Sun
AFL triple premiership player Chris Johnson has been linked to a man arrested over three Melbourne gangland murders.
Brisbane Lions' star Johnson and Alfonse Traglia have been close friends and at one point last year spoke almost daily. ......
The Herald Sun does not suggest Johnson was ever involved in any criminal behaviour. The spotlight on Melbourne's underworld has also uncovered other relationships between prominent footballers and gangland identities.
They include:
THE brother of a rising AFL star linked to accused drug boss Carl Williams.
A STAR midfielder who has been a friend of an armed robber who has come under Purana notice.
RICHMOND player Ty Zantuck who is a friend of the Moran family and was at the funerals of Jason Moran and his father Lewis.
FORMER AFL star Wayne Johnston who attended the funeral of Jason Moran and was a friend of his brother Mark, who was murdered in June, 2000.
Traglia is in the top security Acacia unit of Barwon Prison, near Geelong.
