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Tony Free

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Tony Free
Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-06-27) 27 June 1969 (age 55)
Original team(s)	Lalbert Football Club
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987–1996	Richmond	133 (46)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996.
Career highlights
Richmond: Captain 1994-1996 Richmond Best and Fairest: 1989, 1993 Interstate Games: 2 Richmond Life Member: 2013 Richmond Hall of Fame: 2019
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tony Free (born 27 June 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL between 1987 and 1996 for the Richmond Football Club. He played one game in the 1987 season (wearing No. 49) and then became a regular player from 1988 (wearing No. 30).^[1]

Free's career was cut short by a knee injury and he retired in 1996. His last game was against Geelong in round 5 of 1996.^[2] He captained the club for three seasons from 1994 and was appointed a Director of the club in June 2008. In December 2013, he became a Life Member of the club.^[3]

In 2019, Free was inducted into the Richmond 'Hall of Fame'.^[4]

References

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^ "Tony Free". Fan Footy. Paul Montgomery. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ "Tony Free". Australian Football. The Slattery Media. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ "The Board". Richmond Football Club. Telstra Media. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ Greenberg, Tony (15 March 2019). "Tony Free enters Hall of Fame". RFC Official Site. Australian Football League. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

Publications

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Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

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Tony Free's playing statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Richmond Football Club

VFL/AFL

1908: Pannam
1909: Condon
1909: Lawson
1910: Schmidt
1911: Incigneri
1912: Ohlson
1913: James
1914–1916: Thomas
1917: Maybury
1918: Hall
1919: Thomas
1920–1925: Minogue
1926: M. Morris
1927–1928: Geddes
1929: Lilburne
1930: Geddes
1931: Hunter
1932–1940: Bentley
1941–1949: Dyer
1950–1951: B. Morris
1952–1957: Rowe
1958–1959: Wright
1960–1962: Branton
1963–1966: Crowe
1967: Swift
1968–1971: Dean
1972–1975: Hart
1976–1977: Bourke
1978: Sheedy
1979: Bartlett
1980: Monteath
1981: Wood
1982: Cloke
1983–1984: Rowlings
1985–1987: Lee
1988–1992: Weightman
1993: Hogg
1994–1996: Free
1997–2000: Knights
2001–2004: Campbell
2005–2008: Johnson
2009–2012: Newman
2013–2021: Cotchin
2022–2023: Grimes/Nankervis
2024–: Nankervis

AFL Women's

2020–: Brennan

Jack Dyer Medal · Richmond Football Club best and fairest winners

1927: McCormack
1928: McCormack
1929: Titus
1934: R. Martin
1935: R. Martin
1937: Dyer
1938: Dyer
1939: Dyer
1940: Dyer
1941: Titus
1942: Merrett
1943: Durham
1944: Merrett
1945: W. Morris
1946: Dyer
1947: Wilson
1948: W. Morris
1949: Spring
1950: W. Morris
1951: D. Rowe/Wright
1952: Wright
1953: H. Rowe
1954: Wright
1955: D. Rowe
1956: Sharp
1957: Wright
1958: Cuzens
1959: Cuzens
1960: Branton
1961: Branton
1962: Branton
1963: Crowe
1964: Crowe
1965: Barrot
1966: Crowe
1967: Bartlett
1968: Bartlett
1969: Hart
1970: Bourke
1971: Stewart
1972: Hart
1973: Bartlett
1974: Bartlett
1975: K. Morris
1976: Sheedy
1977: Bartlett
1978: Raines
1979: Rowlings
1980: Raines
1981: Raines
1982: M. Rioli
1983: M. Rioli
1984: Lee
1985: Poole
1986: Weightman
1987: Weightman
1988: Pickering
1989: Free
1990: Knights
1991: Lambert
1992: Knights
1993: Free
1994: Bond
1995: Campbell
1996: Broderick
1997: Campbell
1998: Daffy
1999: Campbell
2000: Kellaway
2001: Gaspar
2002: Campbell
2003: Coughlan
2004: Bowden
2005: Bowden
2006: Johnson
2007: Richardson
2008: Deledio
2009: Deledio
2010: Riewoldt
2011: Cotchin
2012: Cotchin
2013: Jackson
2014: Cotchin
2015: Rance
2016: D. Martin
2017: D. Martin
2018: Riewoldt
2019: Prestia
2020: Short
2021: Grimes
2022: Lynch
2023: Taranto
2024: D. Rioli

v t e Victorian 2nd XVIII team – 1991 State of Origin
Victoria 17.14 (116) defeated Tasmania 14.20 (104), at North Hobart Oval, 28 May 1991 Queensland 23.14 (152) defeated Victoria 15.8 (108), at The Gabba, 16 July 1991
Both games	German Lovett McMullin Morris Phillips Sholl Stephens (c) Stynes
vs. Tasmania	Alvin Arceri Burke Eppelstun Free Hanna Hinkley Knights Larkin Liberatore Madden Somerville Turner Wallis
vs. Queensland	Condon Cordy Dean Gleeson Hogg Jencke Kerrison McKeown Naish Rock Royal Simpson J. Wynd S. Wynd
Coach: Austin

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