FORMER Leeds forward Sam Backo has suffered a heart attack, aged 62.
Backo is currently in a Cairns hospital in a serious condition, The Mole at the Wide World of Sports has revealed.
"His wife called me and said he is in a bad way," Backo's former Queensland State of Origin teammate Colin Scott told Wide World of Sports.
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