Mike Cockerill
Michael Cockerill was an investigative Australian football (soccer) journalist who wrote for Fairfax newspapers, Fox Sports and formerly C7 Sport. He was also a football pundit and match commentator and appeared regularly on the football show Fox Sports FC.
In 2011, he was inducted into the Football [Hall of Fame (Australia)|Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame].
It was announced that he had died from illness, just before the Japan–Australia World Cup qualifier on 31 August 2017.