Chad Rintoul was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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. The midfielder was drafted by the Adelaide Crows in the 1996 AFL Draft

1996 AFL Draft

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 he played 23 games in 1997 including the premiership game, playing as a small forward for most of the year. At the end of 1998 he was traded back to Western Australia by the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

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. During his first season with the Eagles he played all 24 games including a 36 possession game vs Adelaide. Rintoul couldn't find consistency in 2000 which resulted in him getting delisted. Rintoul went to Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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in the 2001 pre season draft. Chad was plagued with migraines in 2002 after many concussions and was forced to retire.