Rugby league Immortal Wally Lewis has married his partner of four years Lynda Adams at a small ceremony in Brisbane.
The 65-year-old football great, known as the King, married at Adams at St Mary’s Anglican Church in Kangaroo Point on Saturday afternoon before friends and family including longtime Footy Show presenter Paul “Fatty” Vautin, before celebrating at Old Government House.
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“Yesterday was a very special day for Lynda and I, surrounded by people we love. It begins a new chapter for both of us and we couldn’t be happier,” Lewis wrote on Instagram with a photo of his bride.
Lewis announced his separation from his first wife Jacqui, with whom he had three children – Lincoln, Mitchell and Jamie-Lee – in 2021, after 36 years of marriage.
He wrote recently about hiding his epilepsy during his playing days.
“My epilepsy diagnosis was hidden for years through my rugby league career and then through my role as a sports presenter on Nine News in Brisbane,” he wrote.
“It couldn’t be hidden when I had a seizure in front of hundreds of thousands of people as I read the sports bulletin on Channel 9 in Brisbane. That was November 16, 2006.”
He has also been frank about his diagnosis of suspected chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) – “a type of dementia associated with repeated head injuries, concussions or sub-concussions”.
