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I just read Toddy passed away overnight.  This guy really was a true legend who earned the title icon of the game by his deeds on and off the ground.  How does anyone win a Sandover at 17?   Sadly missed and greatly revered by all WAFL supporters.  RIP John.

Rest in peace, John Todd.
An ornament to the game as a player and, in particular, as a six-time premiership coach.

Very sad, inevitable but still very sad. Toddy was a giant of WA footy and a good bloke to boot. 

WAFL icon and legend on and off the field. Be great if one of SF, SD and EF can win the flag for Toddy in 2024. Condolences to the Todd family, the clubs he was associated with and everyone who loves WA footy, especially the WAFL.

Quite a shock as he was guy that kept himself in very good shape and there was no indication of illness.

One of the really big names in WA FOOTBALL, a South and Swans legend and was an icon of the Halcyon Days of 70s and 80s WAFL.

He was one of an ever shrinking pool of personalities who would speak up for WAFL - very few left now.

Very sad to be reading about this news earlier in the morning. One of the few well knowns standing up and still involved in the Wafl. And had time to chat to people is my understanding. Condolences to the family and those closest. He always attended the Grand Final. Going to be greatly missed.

A sad day but a day to celebrate the life and extraordinary football achievements of the legendary John Todd. A true giant of WA football. Crueled by injury after winning the Sandover medal at just 17 years of age he went on to do it all as a coach. Probably went the way most of us would like to go, in your sleep at home.

An ornament to the game. RIP Toddy.

Sad to hear of JT’s passing.What can you add to what’s been said already.Legend,amazing football personality and from all accounts a great bloke.But what stood out was he was a WAFL man through and through.He stood up for the competition and WAFL football in general.As has been said a dying breed and such a shame.Condolences to all.

Sad passing of a Legend of Wa Footy.
Was never given credit for the massive cleanout .Toddy done at the Wce.Advanced the club a few years in his two seasons at Wce.
Malthouse walked into a gold mine of talent.Toddy had already traded out over 10 players.In came Waterman,Heady,KempJackovitch,Wilson,Matera.
JT was a bloke who spoke his mind.In an era long before Wokeism.
The legendary storys of Toddy and the back locker room,at Swans.When Players where not performing to their ability.Richardson,Baker,Sidebottom brothers,Holmes,Solin.Boucher.All copped the locker room.
The famous call from Kevin Sheedy to JT.Before the 1984 Vfl Grandfinal.Sheeds asked JT. How do you get Leon Baker to play out of his skin like he did for Swans in 1982-83 Grand Finals.The rest was history and Shaker Baker was the hattrick premiership maker.
RIP John Todd.

gtrx - Interesting what you say about that era, he got them into the finals in 88 but 89 was a real stinker, and got the boot, plenty said he was never up to VFL standard and they needed a wiser head from the east. But he as you say may well have got that young group ready for bigger things had he been given more time.

He always said that his greatest ever team was the 1980 team that lost to SF in the GF even better than the teams that went onto win the hat tricks.

In his last stint as a coach - it was back to SDFC in 2000 for a battling swans side.

Ironically his coaching started that way in his very first stint as a stand alone coach at SFFC late 60s in a really struggling team.