![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wrexham-star-shares-heartbreaking-message-and-emotional-plea-after-dad-dies-of-leukaemia/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1_GettyImages-1460567052.jpg&description=Ben Tozer lost his dad, Keith, to leukaemia on Monday in heartbreaking circumstances and the Wrexham defender has shared the tragic story, while urging people who are also struggling to get checked Wrexham defender Ben Tozer has shared the heartbreaking story of his dad tragically dying of leukaemia just 48 hours after being diagnosed. Tozer, a pillar of Wrexham's promotion-winning team last season, learned on Saturday that dad Keith had been diagnosed with a form of cancer which was treatable. Requiring brain surgery on Sunday night, the operation "went positively" before "the unthinkable happened" only a day later. In a heartbreaking post on Twitter, Tozer urged people not to leave it too late before being checked, as fans sent their condolences to him and his family. "On Saturday, I was told my Dad has Leukaemia but it's treatable," the former Cheltenham and Northampton centre-back, 33, wrote. "On Sunday night, he required a brain operation, which went positively, then last night the unthinkable happened. Sadly, all of this happened because he left it too late. Unknowingly, he was masking the fact he was in complete agony. 'Go and get checked', we regularly said. "He was just too scared of what it could be. Thank you, Dad. Our last words together will live with me forever. I love you. I hope we have all done you proud." Tozer certainly did make his father proud on the pitch, helping Wrexham earn promotion back to the EFL as champions of the National League in April. The Dragons' triumph ended their 15-year wait to return to League Two, where Tozer has already won the title as captain of Cheltenham in 2021. It was during that summer in which he waved goodbye to Gloucestershire after three years and 119 appearances, dropping two divisions to join Wrexham for an undisclosed fee after Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney purchased the club and invested millions. Tozer has been a stalwart for manager Phil Parkinson ever since and endeared himself to the Racecourse Ground){kind=link}
Ben Tozer lost his dad, Keith, to leukaemia on Monday in heartbreaking circumstances and the Wrexham defender has shared the tragic story, while urging people who are also struggling to get checked
Wrexham defender Ben Tozer has shared the heartbreaking story of his dad tragically dying of leukaemia just 48 hours after being diagnosed.
Tozer, a pillar of Wrexham’s promotion-winning team last season, learned on Saturday that dad Keith had been diagnosed with a form of cancer which was treatable. Requiring brain surgery on Sunday night, the operation “went positively” before “the unthinkable happened” only a day later.
In a heartbreaking post on Twitter, Tozer urged people not to leave it too late before being checked, as fans sent their condolences to him and his family. “On Saturday, I was told my Dad has Leukaemia but it’s treatable,” the former Cheltenham and Northampton centre-back, 33, wrote.
“On Sunday night, he required a brain operation, which went positively, then last night the unthinkable happened. Sadly, all of this happened because he left it too late. Unknowingly, he was masking the fact he was in complete agony. ‘Go and get checked’, we regularly said.