The unique legacy that Western Bulldogs premiership player Shane Biggs left on the AFL has taken on a whole new level of meaning — certainly at least for one fan, who “legally died” during Biggs’s most famous moment, before later being revived.

To most, Biggs is remembered as a hard-nosed utility who played six games for Sydney and 57 for the Bulldogs, including every game of their drought-breaking 2016 premiership year.

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To others, amongst a niche section of footy fans, he is remembered best for starting the play that led to one of Liam Picken’s goals during the last quarter of the premiership victory against Sydney.

It was a sequence of efforts — for which he didn’t register anything more than a tackle on the stats sheet — that summed Biggs up as a player and has become the stuff of online footy folklore. He smothered Tom Papley on the wing before following up, knocking the ball on and pressuring the opposition in a series of efforts that kept the play alive and ultimately led to Picken’s goal.

In aftermath of the game, the play was celebrated by online footy creator Brad Hollis, who coined the moniker ‘Shane Biggs never forget’ when reminiscing on it.

As was reported in the aftermath of the 2016 grand final, a Bulldogs fan suffered cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital, where he had to be revived after spending time in a coma.

Speaking to What Could’ve Been, Biggs said he was recently contacted by someone who explained just how significant his ‘never forget’ moment was for that lucky fan who “died” at the game.

“I only got told about this recently,” Biggs said.

“The game was on and all the fans were cheering and stuff, and a fan went down — he actually officially died, he legally died, hit the deck.

“He’s still with us now, I’m going to contact him to get around him about it, because I just literally found out about it.

“And yeah, so the siren went and that’s when they were sort of getting him back with us, and he goes, ‘Who won?’ and they go, ‘Doggies’, and (he said), ‘Oh grouse’.

“And then he went into a coma for three days, and then came to, and goes, ‘I’ve got to try and find out when this happened’ — and he pinpointed the start of the ‘never forget’ bit.

“That brings the play to a whole new level, doesn’t it?”

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Biggs says it still blows him away how many people come up to him in public places just to say “never forget”.

“It’s surprising how much it happens, and it’s actually happened more and more,” he said.

“It’s probably plateaued a little bit now, but even after I finished, it happened heaps.

“My wife’s always like, ‘Do you know this person?’ and all that. It’s crazy.

“I remember saying I was once out with ‘Lib’ (Tom Liberatore) and Caleb Daniel and a few others, and people come up to me to say ‘never forget’ first, which is mind-blowing, because you walk past Libba and guys like that — what are you doing talking to me?

“But it’s just that thing where something goes a little bit viral and people love it.

“It was lucky that ‘Picko’ kicked the goal.”