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EXPLAINED: League great backo critically ill after heart attack | Vintage Vibes

Sam Backo, a rugby league star of the 1980s, is in hospital after suffering a heart attack. (Michael Chambers/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Former Australia rugby league front-rower Sam Backo is in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack on Saturday.

The 62-year-old, who played for Canberra and Brisbane between 1983 and 1990, remains in a Cairns hospital.

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