Richmond Football Club, nicknamed
The Tigers , are an
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club that competes in the
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. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with
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,
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and
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. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990, when a large
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almost forced them to fold. In the last 15 years, Richmond has worked itself back into a strong financial position without enjoying any sustained finals success. But the Tigers boast a mighty history (ten premierships) and a host of star players and personalities who have contributed to the formation of the unique Richmond football identity. They also consistently finish 9th and have been known to underachieve through the 1990s and 2000s.
Since its inception in the mid-1880s, the club has been based at the Richmond Cricket Ground (better known as the
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), just a few hundred metres to the east of the
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, where the Tigers have played their home games since 1965. A
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, Richmond struggled until the start of the twentieth century, so it was not offered an invitation to join the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1908. After
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, Richmond matured quickly, enjoyed more success than many of the more established clubs. The Tigers created great rivalries with both
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and
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. At this time, the city of
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was an industrial,
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area nicknamed "Struggletown". The
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supporters identified strongly with the club and the Tigers developed a massive following during the golden period of the 1930s.
Extraordinary high points interspersed among long periods of mediocrity has been the pattern of the club's form in the years since
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. Regardless, Richmond's team has to only show a hint of success and a game against one of the other "big four" will pack them in at the
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. In 1972, the Tigers were the first sporting team in
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to attract one million paying spectators in a season, an extraordinary achievement.
The Earliest Days (1860-1900)
A team of footballers playing as Richmond is mentioned by the newspapers in the first years of
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, circa 1860. HCA Harrison, the so-called "father of the game", captained Richmond briefly at this time before moving to
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. This loosely organised group has no continuity to the present club. A number of teams formed in the
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area during the game's rapid expansion of the 1870s and early 1880s. However, all played at a junior level and it was considered an anomaly that
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, one of
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's biggest locales, didn't boast a senior team. The wait ended when the Richmond Football Club was officially formed at the Royal Hotel in
RichmondRichmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
on February 201885. A successful application for immediate admission to the Victorian Football Association followed - the VFA was the premier
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competition at this time. The club shared the
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with the
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, one of the strongest cricket clubs in
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which had been playing on the ground since 1856.
At first the team wore a blue uniform. One of the most important features of a nineteenth century footballer's uniform was his headgear, and Richmond opted for yellow and black striped caps, the same as the cricket club. After a couple of years, yellow and black stripes replaced blue as the colours of the team's guernseys. The team was variously called the "Richmondites", the "Wasps" or, most commonly, the "Tigers".
During the late 1880s, the VFA was expanding rapidly. A booming economy and large numbers of immigrants made
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the largest city in the Australian colonies. The city was besotted with football and many clubs clamoured for admission to the VFA. Richmond struggled to make an impression and after a promising season in 1888 (when they finished fifth with eleven wins), the club slipped backwards. In a theoretically amateur sport, the strongest teams were luring the best talent with undisclosed payments to players and were not keen to schedule matches against teams with poor followings (such as Richmond) that couldn't generate much gate money.
As the local economy slipped into severe
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in the early 1890s and the crowds began to dwindle, a cabal of strong teams began to agitate for a reform of the competition. Richmond were not considered part of this elite group, who usually voted together as a block at VFA meetings. A lack of commitment and focussed effort was holding the Tigers back. In 1896, Richmond simply forfeited a match with
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at half time when they were a long way behind on a very wet day. Later in the season, the Tigers had their points wiped against
EssendonEssendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is headquartered at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon,...
when it was discovered that they had too many men on the ground. In the closing three weeks of the season, Richmond's gate takings amounted to just 5 pounds.
Richmond finished the season last of the thirteen clubs, and picked a bad time to perform so poorly. In October 1896, the cabal of six strong clubs broke with the association to form the VFL and invited two other clubs to join them:
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and
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. Obviously, Richmond's struggles during the season had not helped when the invitations to the new competition were being considered. Richmond's performances didn't immediately improve in the emaciated VFA until the turn of the century.
Success at Last (1901-1907)
The Tigers were boosted by a significant country recruit in 1901. George 'Mallee' Johnson was an instant sensation and the first true star player at the club. Richmond leapt to third place and then in 1902, with Johnson dominating the ruck, Richmond entered the closing weeks of the season neck and neck with
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at the head of the ladder. Just when a play-off between the clubs to decide the premiership looked certain,
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faltered against
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to hand Richmond its first flag.
Having missed a potential bonanza from a premiership play-off, the VFA decided to emulate the VFL and introduce a finals series in 1903, a fateful decision for the Tigers. After recruiting the competition's leading goalkicker,
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, and finishing the season as
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, Richmond lost both finals and were
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. The following season, the club became embroiled in a feud with umpire Allen, accused by the Tigers of failing to curb the illegal tactics or arch-rival North Melbourne. With the two clubs scheduled to meet in the
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, Richmond announced that they wouldn't play under Allen. The VFA called the Tigers' bluff, appointed Allen for the match and North Melbourne won the premiership on forfeit. Richmond were now openly at odds with the VFA and matters failed to improve in the next few years.
The club was campaigning against violence (both on-field and among the crowd), ungentlemanly conduct and poor sportsmanship, issues that plagued the VFA to a far greater extent than the rival VFL. Richmond cultivated links with some League clubs by playing practice matches against them. The Tigers knew that they were a major asset to the Association. They had built up a large following and played on one of the best grounds in the competition, where they remained unbeaten for five consecutive seasons. In 1905, Richmond confirmed their status with a second premiership, this time overcoming bitter rivals North Melbourne, a club perceived as the antithesis of Richmond. 'Mallee' Johnson had moved to
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, but youngster
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dominated the season and won plaudits among the pressmen, who voted him the best player in the VFA.
However,
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was also lost to the VFL and injury hit the club hard. In 1906-07, the Tigers played finals without looking likely to win the flag. The club earned a rebuke from the VFA for scheduling a practice match against
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before the 1907 season, but Richmond went ahead with the commitment and earned further censure. Later in the year it became clear that the VFL wanted to expand its competition and Richmond won a place ahead of North Melbourne, which had been strengthened by an amalgamation with West Melbourne as part of their bid. Richmond were granted admission along with the now defunct University.
Into the Big League (1908-1944)
The first few seasons in the VFL were less than spectacular. Although the club turned up some star players, it let a lot of talent leave and the administration was unstable after
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death at the end of the 1908 season. In 1916, the side played in the finals for the first time, however, with the ravages of
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having reduced the competition to just four clubs, finals qualification was automatic.
Finally, in 1919, the Tigers made their first
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appearance, losing to
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. Richmond stoked a rivalry with the
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by recruiting their former skipper
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as playing coach and the Tigers gained vengeance by beating
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in the 1920
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to secure a first flag in the big league. This was followed by an even better performance the next year. The only club that continued to beat Richmond on a regular basis was
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. Finishing
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with only one loss for the season in 1921, the
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were the hottest premiership favourite, yet Richmond managed to beat them in two classic finals matches played over successive weeks to go back-to-back.
The rest of the decade saw four more
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appearances, all of which would end in frustration. From 1927 to 1929 Richmond became the first club in the VFL to lose three consecutive
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, all of which were to neighbouring arch rivals,
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.
The next VFL flag came in 1932, with the Tigers triumph over
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in a tough encounter which saw Richmond
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play the second half with a broken jaw. Another Tigers premiership came in 1934, this time against
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famed "Foreign Legion", avenging the Tigers' loss in the previous season's
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.
Prior to the commencement of the 1940 season, internal problems were brewing between the key personalities at the club. Some felt that the uneven performance of the team was due to
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coaching methods, and that he should be replaced.
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walked out on the club and threatened to play in the VFA after his father, a committeeman who was involved with the anti-Bentley faction, lost his position at the board elections. Finally, the matter was resolved and
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kept his job, while
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returned to training on the eve of the season. The problems appeared to have been solved when the Tigers won the semi final against
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to go straight into the
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. However, the
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reversed this result with a crushing win to pinch the premiership. The Tigers had been out-thought by their old mentor
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, who had assigned a tagger to negate
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.
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was furious that
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had done nothing to prevent his opponent taking him out of the game. The Richmond committee agreed with this assessment, so when
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(after retiring as a player) attempted to negotiate a higher fee to continue his coaching tenure, he was rebuffed. Incensed,
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quit Punt Road and moved to
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as coach, adding further spice to an already fierce rivalry between the two clubs.
Despite the tribulations created by the
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, the Tigers were able to maintain a commendable level of consistency on the field. The club had quite a lot of players in reserved occupations who remained at home, while the administration became adept at securing star players who were temporarily in
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on war service.
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was a fearsome presence in his role as playing coach, but he was unable to improve the Tigers' ability to win finals matches. A loss in the 1942
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to
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(after starting as favourite) meant that over the previous 18 years, Richmond had won two flags but been
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eight times.
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set a still unbeaten record of playing in six losing
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teams. In 1943, Richmond broke through to beat
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in a thrilling
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by five points, a win that the club dedicated to ex-player Bill Cosgrove, an
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pilot who had been killed in action a few weeks before the match. But another
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loss followed in 1944, when
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team failed against
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on a very hot day.
Tough Times at Tigerland (1945-1965)
In the immediate post-war era, despite an influx of excellent new players, Richmond struggled to make the four, appearing in the finals only once, in 1947. The Tigers seemed to have lost the killer instinct.
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continued on as coach for three years after his playing retirement at the end of 1949, but was asked to retire by the committee who felt the club needed a shake up. Under a succession of coaches, the 1950s were wasted years for Richmond. With the demands of potential players increasing with each passing year, the club refused to allocate sufficient funds to recruit and they failed to replace star players as they retired. When stalwarts such as
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and dual-
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list
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left, the team slumped dramatically and finished with a
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in 1960.
Success through Hafey Era (1966-1982)
1966 heralded the start of the
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era, one that would see the club winning four premierships under his leadership. They won the 1967 flag in a thrilling encounter with
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, ending a 24 year premiership drought. In 1969, it became two in three years as Richmond, who had finished fourth on the ladder, beat the much fancied
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in the
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by 25 points.
The Tigers were dominant in 1972 and were hot favourites in the
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against
CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
. However, the
BluesCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
stunned the Tigers in a game of ridiculous high scoring. Even Richmond equalled the then record highest score in a
Grand FinalA Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sporting term used to describe a final that decides a league champion. Terms such as Super Bowl and Championship Game may be used to describe equivalent events in other sporting competitions around the world...
of 22.18(150), but
CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
beat it with 28.9(177). The Tigers got their revenge in an intensely physical clash in the 1973
Grand FinalA Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sporting term used to describe a final that decides a league champion. Terms such as Super Bowl and Championship Game may be used to describe equivalent events in other sporting competitions around the world...
and went back-to-back in 1974 with a strong win against a resurgent North Melbourne.
Richmond won its last premiership with a then record-breaking margin of 81 points over arch-rivals
CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
in 1980. After reaching and losing the 1982
Grand FinalA Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sporting term used to describe a final that decides a league champion. Terms such as Super Bowl and Championship Game may be used to describe equivalent events in other sporting competitions around the world...
, it has been a rocky road for the Tigers who have struggled to come to grips with the rules and regulations of a modernized AFL, including the
draftThe AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.-History:...
and
salary capIn professional sports, a salary cap is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player salaries. The limit exists as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster, or both...
. The successes of the early 1980s were bought at high financial cost through expensive recruiting, and were followed by severe cut backs that saw several top players depart.
The Recruiting War (1983-1986)
Still smarting from the loss of star players to
CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
, the Tigers set themselves for war with the
MagpiesCollingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
in 1984 by signing three of their players: John Annear, Craig Stewart and Phil Walsh. Not only were there big contracts and transfer fees to pay, but the costs of an expensive court action as well. Richmond also signed a number of mediocre players on big contracts, and the club's financial situation took a battering. With the team failing to improve, a challenge to the committee was brewing and Richmond's traditional political stability threatened. The rebel group, organised by long-time servant Bill Durham, convinced former player and coach Barry Richardson to be leader. An election in late 1984 failed to clarify the situation. The challengers had the numbers, but Ian Wilson held on to the presidency into the new year. When the one hundredth birthday of the club arrived in February 1985, there was too much dissension to mark the moment fittingly. Eventually, Wilson handed over to Richardson, who had selected his former premiership teammate
Paul SproulePaul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985....
to return from
TasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, from which it is separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania – the 26th largest island in the world – and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 500,000 ,...
and take over the coaching position on a guaranteed contract.
As the season progressed with Richmond still struggling,
SproulePaul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985....
came under pressure. Richardson guaranteed his position but at the end of the year the committee over-ruled Richardson and sacked
SproulePaul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985....
. Incensed, Richardson walked out of Punt Road, which was in turmoil again. Desperately, the Tigers turned back to
Tony JewellTony 'TJ' Jewell is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1964 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from Oakleigh in the VFA where he had led the club's goalkicking in 1962 and was placed 4th in the VFA's best & fairest award, the J. J. Liston...
, who was appointed coach for a second time, the only man in the club's history to get a second go at the job.
JewellTony 'TJ' Jewell is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1964 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from Oakleigh in the VFA where he had led the club's goalkicking in 1962 and was placed 4th in the VFA's best & fairest award, the J. J. Liston...
later commented on the destruction wrought on the club during his four year absence..."the supporters were gone, the members were gone, the money was gone...a real shame."
With the competition set to expand, the Tigers made a number of misguided moves in 1986. To fill the vacancy left by Richardson, Richmond wooed high-flying West Australian entrepreneur
Alan BondAlan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...
to become president.
BondAlan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...
came with an agenda to raise money for the club by listing on the stockmarket and relocating to
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
. When the latter plan was revealed in the media, a furious reaction from supporters and high profile club personalities buried the proposal almost immediately. Early in 1987,
Bond'sAlan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...
tenure at the club ended in farce when he resigned without presiding over a single game. The off-field confusion was reflected in the players' performance as Richmond slumped to only its second
wooden spoonA wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...
in 70 years.
Save Our Skins and a Return to the Finals (1987-1995)
Although the new president, ex-captain
Neville CroweNeville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
, had stabilised the club and scored a coup by persuading club legend Kevin Bartlett to coach, the matter of servicing the huge debt remained a chain around the Tigers' neck. The club managed to stay solvent by cutting expenses to the bone and paying only two-thirds of the allowable salary cap. But there was no money for recruiting to improve an impoverished playing list. The club struggled to come to terms with the
draftThe AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.-History:...
after its inception in 1986, and made a number of poor choices - notably, the number one pick in 1987 was used on a player who had only two games with the Tigers.
Finally, with the economy in serious
recessionIn economics, a recession is a general slowdown in economic activity over a long period of time, or a business cycle contraction. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way...
and interest rates touching seventeen per cent, Richmond's creditors began calling in the debts. At one point, an attempt was made to seize the club's 1973-74 premiership trophies as securities for unpaid debts, an embarrassing situation. For a number of years, the exact amount that the club owed was not publicly known. After Bartlett came Allan Jeans, who then passed the job to ex-Tiger premiership player
John NortheyJohn "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club. Northey was a dual premiership player with Richmond, in 1967 and 1969...
for 1993.
NortheyJohn "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club. Northey was a dual premiership player with Richmond, in 1967 and 1969...
returned the team to the simple long-kicking style of the halcyon days under the legendary
Tom HafeyThomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL/AFL, playing for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coaching four clubs between 1966 and 1988....
. Along with some draft concessions granted by the
AFLThe Australian Football League is the major professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian football and is arguably Australia's biggest sporting competition in terms of membership, corporate sponsorship and attendances .The league comprises 16 teams which play 22 home and...
,
Northey'sJohn "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club. Northey was a dual premiership player with Richmond, in 1967 and 1969...
efforts gradually improved the Tigers. The team fumbled an opportunity to make the 1994 finals, then opened 1995 with its best start to a season in 75 years and eventually made it to the preliminary final. With a talented playing list and a strong administration led by Leon Daphne (the Tigers' first president from the corporate world, the
Alan BondAlan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...
farce aside), Richmond looked set to become regular finalists again.
During 1992 the Richmond Football Club logo was redesigned to it's current 2009 form by Rob Perry (see external links), while he was working as an art director at the advertising agency George Patterson Bates in Melbourne. The illustration of the tiger was done by Lex Bell, the in-house illustrator of the agency.
Lost Opportunities (1996-2004)
Somehow, the anticipated success failed to materialise, partly because Richmond allowed the coaching position to again become unstable. With over a year still to run on his contract,
NortheyJohn "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club. Northey was a dual premiership player with Richmond, in 1967 and 1969...
demanded a contract extension (because of a rumour that some people with an association with the club were pursuing Kevin Sheedy) that the club refused, so he broke his contract and walked out on Richmond.
NortheyJohn "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club. Northey was a dual premiership player with Richmond, in 1967 and 1969...
accepted a longer-term contract to coach
BrisbaneBrisbane Bears were an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
. Richmond, caught short, appointed the
Bears'Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
ex-coach
Robert WallsRobert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :...
for 1996. After several humiliating thrashings in 1997,
WallsRobert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :...
became the first Tiger coach to be sacked mid-season. After two and a half seasons under
Jeff GieschenJeff Gieschen is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1974 and 1978 for the Footscray Football Club. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club from late in the 1997 season until the end of 1999...
, the club appointed ex-St Kilda captain
Danny FrawleyDanny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer which led to his nickname of Spud, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back. He was the longest serving captain of the St Kilda...
. After a
Preliminary FinalPreliminary final is a term fairly unique to Australian sport, and is often confused with "semi-finals" by outsiders.It describes a situation in a sporting league, where in what Americans term the play-offs, is the immediate elimination game prior to the Grand final...
appearance in
Frawley'sDanny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer which led to his nickname of Spud, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back. He was the longest serving captain of the St Kilda...
second season, Richmond over-estimated the strength of the list and settled for trading for established players rather than drafting youth. Over the next three seasons, the team managed just 18 wins. The administration continued to support
FrawleyDanny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer which led to his nickname of Spud, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back. He was the longest serving captain of the St Kilda...
and ensured that he would see out his contract, a far cry from the way many of his predecessors were treated. However, midway through the 2004 season (a season in which the Tigers only managed 4 wins, and lost their last 14 H&A matches),
FrawleyDanny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer which led to his nickname of Spud, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back. He was the longest serving captain of the St Kilda...
announced he would be relinquishing his role as the Tiger coach at seasons' end.
The Rebuilding Begins/Another Wooden Spoon (2005-2007)
The 2005 pre-season began with renewed optimism at the club, with #1 draft pick
Brett DeledioBrett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...
being touted as a future star and leader. However, the Tigers' first match of the season (against
GeelongGeelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, are a professional Australian rules football club named after and based in the city of Greater Geelong....
), quickly dashed that hope, as they were thrashed by 62 points. However, this loss would spark a change in the Tigers, and in the next 8 weeks of the season, they would go on to win 7 matches (the one exception being a 68 point loss at the hands of St. Kilda in Round 5). This included wins over the then-reigning premiers, Port Adelaide, and over then-runners up, the
Brisbane LionsBrisbane Lions Australian Football Club is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland...
. Sitting pretty at 7 wins and 2 losses, and 3rd on the ladder, the impossible prospect of finals football loomed large. However, in the Round 10 match against Melbourne, star player
Nathan BrownNathan Gordon Brown is a former Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Tigers and the Western Bulldogs in the AFL...
suffered a horrible leg injury, that would sideline him for the rest of the season. They went on to lose the match by 57 points, and would only register 3 more wins for the season, eventually finishing 12th. Nevertheless, from where they had come from, this move up the ladder was considered by many as a sign of things to come.
2006, a year which many experts predicted continued improvement for the Tigers, saw them lose their first H&A match by 115 points, against the
Western BulldogsThe Western Bulldogs, officially the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League club based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne...
, after which followed losses to St.Kilda and
West CoastThe West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League....
. By the end of Round 3, things were looking grim for the Tigers once again. However, just as they did in 2005, the Tigers would respond to their poor start by winning 8 of their next 11 matches, and by the end of Round 14, the Tigers were in the Top 8 by a game and percentage. However, their spot in the Top 8 would be short lived, as 4 straight losses between Rounds 15 and 18 would effectively end their finals chances. They finished the 2006 season in 9th place, with 11 wins and 11 losses.
After promising seasons in 2005 and 2006, it was expected that the Tigers would take the next step in 2007, and play finals football. After massive hype in the off-season, the Tigers had a terrible start to the 2007 season, losing their first 9 matches (this included suffering their biggest ever defeat, at the hands of eventual premiers
GeelongGeelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, are a professional Australian rules football club named after and based in the city of Greater Geelong....
, by a whopping 157 points). Their first premiership points came in a draw against the
Brisbane LionsBrisbane Lions Australian Football Club is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland...
in Round 10, and their first win of the season didn't come until Round 12 against fellow straggler Melbourne. After Round 18 of the season, the Tigers had registered a mere 1 win, 1 draw, and 16 losses, and were looking like recording their worst ever recorded season. However, late-season victories over old rivals Collingwood in Round 19, and Essendon in Round 21, saved them from this fate. They would eventually finish the year as wooden spooners, with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 18 losses.
Tiger Centenary (2008)
After the end of the
2007 seasonThe 2007 AFL Season was the 111th season of the Australian Football League, the highest-level professional Australian rules football league in Australia...
, Richmond elected to delist
Patrick BowdenPatrick Bowden is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Western Bulldogs:In the 1999 National AFL Draft Bowden was a fourth round selection to the Western Bulldogs...
,
Brent HartiganBrent Hartigan is an Australian rules football player, formerly of the Richmond Football Club in the AFL.He is the son of Darryl Hartigan who played for Coburg in the VFA and was a member of their 1979 premiership team...
, Andrew Krakouer and
Carl PetersonCarl D. Peterson grew up in Long Beach, California, and is an alumnus of the UCLA. He is best known as the former president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He served in those roles from 1989-2008...
. These four joined another four players in leaving Punt Road. These four included veteran
Darren GasparDarren Gaspar is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Number 1 draft pick in 1993, Gaspar debuted at the Sydney Swans in 1994 before moving to the Richmond Football Club in 1998. Although not a spectacular player, he had been a consistent performer in defence for...
,
Kent KingsleyKent Kingsley is a former Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club, the Geelong Football Club and the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
,
Trent KnobelTrent Knobel is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Knobel, a ruckman originally from the Gold Coast, was recruited to the AFL in his home state with the Brisbane Lions onto their rookie list. He made his debut in 2000 after a rookie elevation...
and
Ray HallRay Hall is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club.Hall grew up in New South Wales, playing for the Balmain Australian Football Club before moving to Woy Woy where he was recruited by the Tigers having played in the Under 18s state squad.Hall announced...
. While these players left the club
Jake KingJacob 'Jake' King is an Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club.-Career:King previously played for North Heidelberg in the Diamond Valley League and was recruited from the Coburg Tigers in the VFL...
and Angus Graham were elevated off the rookie list.
During the trade period the Tigers obtained Bulldog midfielder
Jordan McMahonJordan McMahon is an Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL.McMahon, a native South Australian, was drafted from the Glenelg Football Club in the 2000 AFL Draft as a 1st round selection by the Western Bulldogs...
along with Eagle forward
Mitch MortonMitch Morton is an Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL.Morton was initially drafted by the West Coast Eagles under the father-son rule as he is the son of Noel Morton, who played 171 WAFL games for Claremont.At the end of the 2007 season, West Coast traded...
.
Next up came the
2007 AFL DraftThe 2007 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the National Draft, the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft.- Trades :...
, where the Tigers recruited highly rated midfielder
Trent CotchinTrent Cotchin is an Australian rules football player, recruited at pick 2 in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from the Northern Knights under 18 football club, which made the preliminary finals of the 2007 TAC Cup competition...
with their 1st pick (number 2 overall), backman
Alex RanceAlex Rance is an Australian rules football player, recruited at pick 18 in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Richmond Football Club.Alex is the son of former Footscray and West Coast player Murray Rance.-References:*...
(pick number 18 overall) and ruckman
Dean PuttDean Putt is an Australian rules football player, recruited at pick 51 in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Richmond Football Club. So far in 2009 Putt has been playing for the Coburg Tigers in the VFL and is on the brink of AFL selection...
(pick number 51 overall). Then in the Pre Season draft they elected to pick ruckman
David GourdisDavid Gourdis is an Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club. He was overlooked at the 2007 AFL Draft, despite ranking no.1 in the 20m sprint , and ranked no.1 in the running vertical jump , at the AFL Draft Camp in Canberra.The same year in December 2007, the Richmond...
with the number one pick. The Tigers also picked
Clayton CollardClayton Collard is an indigenous Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He plays as a midfielder or small forward and was selected by the Fremantle Football Club with selection 31 in the 2006 AFL National Draft...
,
Jarrod SilvesterJarrod Silvester is an Australian Rules Football player for AFL club Richmond. He previously played for the Calder Cannons before being signed by VFL side the Coburg Football Club after failing to be drafted....
,
Tristan CartledgeTristan Cartledge is an Australian Rules Football player, who plays for the Richmond Football Club. He began his career at Essendon in 2002 after being drafted in the 2002 National Draft at selection 28....
and
Cameron HowatCameron Howat is an Australian rules footballer who was selected in the 2005 AFL Rookie Draft by the Richmond Football Club....
for the rookie list. Cam Howat had previously been on the rookie list but was delisted then picked up again.
The Tigers had kept a low profile going into their Round 1 clash against
CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
. Many people predicted
CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
would run all over Richmond because Carlton had received
Chris JuddChris Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League . A tall midfielder at 189 cm and 85 kg, Judd is an AFL Premiership captain, Brownlow Medallist, Leigh Matthews Trophy winner, and Norm Smith Medallist...
during the trade period. The Tigers trailed by as much as 25 points during the second quarter but they came back, led by
Matthew RichardsonMatthew "Richo" Richardson , is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the Australian Football League...
kicking 5 goals. The Tigers ended up winning 17.7 (109) to Carlton 11.13 (79) in front of a crowd of 72,552 at the
MCGThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of...
.
From Rounds 2 to 11 however, the Tigers would only register 2 more wins (and a controversial draw against the
Western BulldogsThe Western Bulldogs, officially the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League club based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne...
), and after Round 11's completion, they sat in 12th place with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 7 losses. While many people wrote the Tigers of 2008 off at this point, they defied the odds, and went on to win 8 of their last 11 matches to finish off the 2008 season strongly, recording 11 wins, 1 draw, and 10 losses. However, this would not be enough to get them into finals football, as they finished 2 premiership points short (and percentage) of 8th placed Collingwood, who finished with 12 wins and 10 losses.
Wallace Era Ends, Rawlings cares for broken Tigers, Goodbye to a hero and Hardwick enters (2009)
At the start of 2009, Richmond were said to be rising as a team, and they would be in the eight. They had recruited former
West Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League....
player and former drug addict,
Ben CousinsBenjamin Luke Cousins is an Australian rules footballer, best known for his successful 238-game career with the West Coast Eagles and several off-field incidents that led to a year-long ban from AFL in 2007...
, and they had rising stars in
Brett DeledioBrett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...
,
Trent CotchinTrent Cotchin is an Australian rules football player, recruited at pick 2 in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from the Northern Knights under 18 football club, which made the preliminary finals of the 2007 TAC Cup competition...
and many more. In Round 1, those dreams all came crushing down, as they were thumped by Carlton. The Tigers did not register a win until Round 5, against the North Melbourne Kangaroos.
The media was getting out of control, with a loss to last years wooden spooners, the Melbourne Demons, starting the rabble. The coach, the players and the whole club was getting out of control, with reports some of the player asked the coach,
Terry WallaceTerry Wallace is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection, and two Best and Fairests with the Footscray Football...
to step down. Some of the loyal supporters even turned their backs on their beloved club. The club decided enough was enough, and so did Wallace. Terry Wallace stepped down as Richmond coach on the 1st of June 2009. He would coach his last game on the 5th of June, against the inform
Western BulldogsThe Western Bulldogs, officially the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League club based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne...
. They went on to lose the game.
After the Round 11 game, Richmond announced their new caretaker coach,
Jade RawlingsJade Rawlings was the caretaker coach of the Richmond Tigers Football Club, and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and the North Melbourne Football Clubs....
. This was a shock to most, as Jade did not have the greatest AFL career. Jade instantly took most of the over-30 year olds taken out of the side, and brought in the younger players. He was nicknamed 'Jade the Blade'. The tigers went on to win 3 games and had one draw with Rawlings.
Joel BowdenJoel Bowden was an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL. In 2007, he was declared the new president of the AFL Players Association....
, one of Richmond's favourite sons, also announced his retirement in 2009, after being cut out of the team by Jade Rawlings. The tigers lost his farewell game by 93 points.
As the coaching search for Richmond started, there were many candidates. Many pulling out during the hard process. It was eventually cut down to four,
Alan RichardsonAlan Richardson is an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Middlesex before signing for Worcestershire in 2009....
,
Jade RawlingsJade Rawlings was the caretaker coach of the Richmond Tigers Football Club, and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and the North Melbourne Football Clubs....
,
Damien HardwickDamien Patrick Hardwick is a former Australian rules footballer and the coach of the Richmond Football Club.-Early life:Attended St Joseph's College in Ferntree Gully.-AFL playing career:...
and
Ken HinkleyKen Hinkley is a former Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, an assistant coach of the St Kilda Football Club, and now an assistant coach of the Geelong Football Club....
. On the 25th of August, Richmond announced its coach for the next 3 years,
Damien HardwickDamien Patrick Hardwick is a former Australian rules footballer and the coach of the Richmond Football Club.-Early life:Attended St Joseph's College in Ferntree Gully.-AFL playing career:...
. Damien Hardwick immediately got rid of injury-prone players,
Mark CoughlanMark Coughlan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2001 to 2009.-Early career:...
and
Nathan BrownNathan Brown may refer to:* Nathan Brown , American religious leader* Nathan J. Brown , political scientist & academic...
, signalling the start of a rebuilding era. Later, Richmond delisted: Kayne Pettifer, Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls and Cleve Hughes.
Andrew RainesAndrew Raines is an Australian rules footballer, with the Brisbane Lions Football Club. He is the son of Geoff Raines, a premiership centreman who played for Richmond, Collingwood, Essendon and Brisbane....
requested to be traded to another club because he thought he wasn't getting enough game time. Raines was eventually traded to Brisbane for pick 44 and
Jay SchulzJay Schulz is an Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club. After playing the first two games of the season, the 193 cm utility hurt his shoulder and missed six matches. Returned in round 13 after a few weeks in the VFL and played out the year. Schulz was used in a...
was traded to
Port AdelaidePort Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and, as the name suggests, it is the main port for the city of Adelaide. Today, some twenty operational wharves handle much of South Australia's...
for
Mitchell FarmerMitchell Farmer is an Australian Rules Footballer currently listed with the Richmond Tigers in the AFL.Farmer was selected by Port Adelaide in the 2007 AFL Draft using their fourth and last pick, being the 49th pick overall....
and another draft pick.
As Jade Rawlings and
Craig McRaeCraig McRae is a former Australian rules footballer.Originally from South Australian National Football League club Glenelg, McRae was drafted by AFL club Brisbane as the 22nd pick in the 1994 draft and had an immediate impact, kicking two goals in his first game in 1995, and played every game of...
and
Brian RoyalBrian "Choco" Royal is a former star Australian rules footballer and assistant coach.Royal was a champion rover from Bairnsdale who was recruited to the Footscray Football Club prior to the 1983 season...
left the Tigers assistant coaching panel,
Brendon LadeBrendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...
and
Justin LeppitschJustin "Leppa" Leppitsch is a former Australian rules footballer who was a key defender for the Brisbane Lions.Leppitsch played with the Hawthorn Under 19s as a 16-year old in 1991, however did not make the Hawks' senior list...
were appointed as assistant coaches, leaving only
Wayne CampbellWayne Campbell is a retired Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club of the AFL.-Career:...
as a previous Richmond assistant coach.
Brendon GaleBrendon 'Benny' Gale is an influential Australian rules football sports administrator and former player from the Australian Football League....
was also appointed CEO of the Tigers.
Richmond finished 15th.
Supporter Base
Richmond has an enormous support that can lie dormant during times of poor performance but is vociferous and very noticeable during periods of success. In the golden era of the 1960s and 1970s, the Tiger supporters were sometimes labelled rabid and arrogant, a description that matched how the club's rivals felt about the Tigers in general.
The building of the fan base was a slow burn for Richmond. In the 1890s, the club never sold more than three hundred season's tickets, but the following was built up with success in the VFA and membership numbered about 2,000 at the time of admission to the VFL in 1908. Between the wars, the club captured the imagination of the residents of
RichmondRichmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
. The successful Tigers were a positive motif for the oppressed
working classWorking class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in lower tier jobs as measured by skill, education, and compensation....
community which suffered deprivation during the
Great DepressionThe Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
. At this time, the
RichmondRichmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
community was almost one-half
CatholicThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
, and this demographic was reflected in the club amongst the players and officials.
As
MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...
dramatically spread out in the post-war years, so too did the Richmond supporters. Many were now concentrated in the eastern suburbs, which eventually formed the club's metropolitan recruiting zone. Indeed, at one point during the early development of the
Waverley ParkWaverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs...
ground, the Tigers considered making the stadium its home for this reason. Following the barren period of the 1950s, Richmond was able to tap into the large number of fans by moving home matches to the
MCGThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of...
and almost doubled attendance figures. The Tigers maintained this advantage over the other clubs until the mid-1980s, when poor administration led to a downturn in every area of the club. As the club struggled for funds, the membership plummeted from over 10,000 to under 3,000.
The greatest display of loyalty from the fans occurred during 1990. Threatened by liquidation, the supporters rallied to pay off the multi-million dollar debt via the "
Save Our Skins" campaign. During the fully professional
AFLThe Australian Football League is the major professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian football and is arguably Australia's biggest sporting competition in terms of membership, corporate sponsorship and attendances .The league comprises 16 teams which play 22 home and...
era, the Tigers have enjoyed a level of support that allows it to determine its own destiny by regularly turning a profit. With the growth of the game outside
VictoriaVictoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north, South Australia to the west, and Tasmania to the south, across the Bass Strait. Victoria is the most densely populated state, with over 70% of...
, Richmond has picked up a lot of support in the other states of
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.
| Season |
Ticketed Members |
Finishing Position |
Total Attendance |
Average Attendance |
| 1992 |
8,158 |
13th |
474,575 |
21,571 |
| 1993 |
9,918 |
14th |
484,041 |
24,202 |
| 1994 |
8,229 |
9th |
646,301 |
29,377 |
| 1995 |
14,647 |
3rd |
1,104,607* |
44,184* |
| 1996 |
20,308 |
9th |
850,966 |
38,680 |
| 1997 |
24,975 |
13th |
783,517 |
35,614 |
| 1998 |
27,092 |
9th |
1,023,821 |
46,537 |
| 1999 |
29,047 |
12th |
885,159 |
40,234 |
| 2000 |
26,869 |
9th |
853,916 |
38,814 |
| 2001 |
26,501 |
3rd |
1,173,875* |
46,955* |
| 2002 |
27,251 |
14th |
776,113 |
35,277 |
| 2003 |
25,101 |
13th |
830,841 |
37,765 |
| 2004 |
27,133 |
16th |
751,982 |
34,181 |
| 2005 |
28,029 |
12th |
802,885 |
36,494 |
| 2006 |
29,406 |
9th |
855,556 |
38,888 |
| 2007 |
30,044 |
16th |
909,203 |
41,327 |
| 2008 |
30,820 |
9th |
935,002 |
42,500 |
| 2009 |
36,985 |
15th |
868,200 |
39,464 |
Season records in bold
* Includes three finals matches in both 1995 and 2001
At the completion of the 2008 season this equated to 14,142,330 people who had attended a Tigers' match over the last seventeen years, for an average of 37,413 - quite remarkable figures for a team that has made the finals only twice in the period.
The
Official Richmond Cheer SquadThe Official Richmond Cheer Squad is organised group of people who follow the Richmond Football Club. Every week the Cheer Squad is located behind the goals at each football ground, waving flags, patties, floggers and banners in support of the Tigers...
are an organised group of passionate supporters that attend every Richmond game whether in
MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...
or
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, recognised as being the most passionate of supporters.
Club Identity and Culture
Initially, Richmond saw itself as a gentlemanly and sportsman-like club; it even went to the extent of sacking a player who used poor language. During the early 1900s, the club used the press as a forum to publicise a campaign against violence in the game, which earned the derision of some rival clubs. This image followed the club into the VFL in 1908 and during the
First World WarWorld War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...
the club emphasised the number of men associated with the club who had enlisted and served overseas. But the club's actions in 1916, when it voted with three other clubs seen as representative of the working class (
CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
,
FitzroyFitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions or The Roys, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
and
CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
) to continue playing football, left no doubt as to which side of the class divide that the Tigers belonged. The club's self-consciously non-confrontational image can be partly attributed to two of long serving presidents -
George BennettGeorge Henry Bennett was a brewer and a politician.He managed the Victoria Sugar Co. and then went into a partnership in Excelsior Brewery, a porterbrewing business which operated in Collingwood and Richmond...
(1887-1908) and
Frank TudorFrancis Gwynne Tudor was an Australian-born felt hatter and politician. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1916 to 1921.- Early life :...
(1909-1918). Both were Richmond men and respected parliamentarians who took the view that how the game was played was more important than whether the game was won.
After
World War IWorld War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...
, the club's attitude hardened as they attempted to match it with the then power clubs
CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
and
CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
. Eventually, the Tigers became more prosaic in their approach to recruiting and training.
The Hafey era transformed Richmond into one of the most feared combinations in the then VFL. Football Administrator Graham Richmond drove the "win at all costs" mentality across the whole club, making Richmond a formidable force that won 5 flags from 1967-1980.
Since the Tigers last Grand Final appearance in 1982, the club has been unable to rekindle this spirit, only appearing in 2 finals since (1995 and 2001).
Board and coaching instability during the 80's and 90's distracted the club, and forced its focus away from becoming an on-field force. The current board and coach have tried to restore the club's on field fortunes.
Club Song (Oh, we're from Tigerland)
Jack Malcolmson is credited with writing the words to the song in 1962, adapting them to the tune of "Row, Row, Row", a 1930's show tune. Richmond were using words sung to the tune of
Waltzing Matilda"Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad, a country folk song, and has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia"....
at the time and approached Jack, a caberet singer who was performing regularly at the Richmond Football Club Social Club, to write the lyrics. It is said that then coach, Des Rowe and the playing group gave the song a standing ovation when they heard it sung for the first time.
Mascot
Richmond's club mascot is called
Tiger Stripes Dyer named after AFL legend Jack "Captain Blood" Dyer.
Stadium
The club's home ground is the
Melbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of...
where they play most of their home matches in the regular season.
The MCG has capacity of 100,000, and the club usually draws large attendances against
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clubs, particularly against rivals such as
EssendonEssendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is headquartered at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon,...
,
CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
and
CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
.
Richmond train at their home ground, the
Punt Road OvalPunt Road Oval , is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria. It is situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.-History:...
, which is located only a few hundred metres away from the
MCGThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of...
.
Club records
VFL/AFL Premierships
- 10 (1920, 1921, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980)
VFL/AFL Runner-Up
- 12 (1919, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1972, 1982)
VFA Premierships
VFA Runner-Up
VFL/AFL Reserve Premierships
- 9 (1929, 1946, 1954, 1955, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1997)
VFL/AFL Under 19 Premierships
- 11 (1958, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1989)
McClelland TrophiesThe McClelland Trophy is an Australian Football trophy awarded to the Minor Premiers in the Australian Football League each year. The Minor Premiers are the team that qualifies for the AFL Finals Series in first position at the end of the home-and-away season....
- 7 (1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982)
Champions of AustraliaThe Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian and West Australian football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914...
Pre-season/Night SeriesThe Australian Football League pre-season competition, which is known at present as the NAB Cup, is a competition held before the beginning of the Australian Football League premiership season...
Premierships
VFL/AFL Lightning Premierships
VFL/AFL Wooden SpoonsA wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...
- 6 (1917, 1960, 1987, 1989, 2004, 2007)
| Win-Loss Record: |
Played: 2027 |
| Won: 1029, Lost: 979, Drawn: 19 (to end of 2008 Season) |
| Highest Score: |
34.18 (222) |
| vs. St. Kilda Football ClubThe St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the premier Australian Rules league....
, Round 16, 1980 at SCGThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney. It is used for Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches, and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League...
|
| Lowest Score: |
0.8 (8) |
| vs. St. Kilda Football ClubThe St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the premier Australian Rules league....
, Round 16, 1961 at Junction OvalThe Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in Melbourne, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda junction gave rise to its nickname...
|
| Greatest Winning Margin: |
168 points |
| vs. North Melbourne Football Club, Round 2, 1931 at Punt Road OvalPunt Road Oval , is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria. It is situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.-History:...
|
| Greatest Losing Margin: |
157 points |
| vs. Geelong Football ClubGeelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, are a professional Australian rules football club named after and based in the city of Greater Geelong....
, Round 6, 2007 at Telstra DomeDocklands Stadium, currently known by its sponsored name Etihad Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
|
| Biggest Match Attendance: |
119,165 |
| vs. Carlton Football ClubCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
, Grand Final, 1969 at MCGThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of...
|
| Biggest Home & Away Match Attendance: |
92,436 |
| vs. Collingwood Football Club Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
, Round 4, 1977 at MCGThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of...
|
Individual records
| Brownlow Medal The Chas Brownlow Trophy — better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
Winners: |
4 |
| Stan Judkins Stan Judkins was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1928 and 1936. He became the first Richmond player to win the game's most prestigious award, the Brownlow Medal.Judkins played his junior football as a rover for...
(1930), Bill Morris (1948), Roy WrightGordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s....
(1952 & 1954), Ian StewartIan Harlow Stewart , son of Aldo Liberale Cervi and Anita Cervi who separated three years after his birth, is a former Australian rules footballer with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League , and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda and Richmond...
(1971) |
| Most Games: |
403 |
| Kevin Bartlett (1965-1983) |
| Most Games as Captain: |
168 |
| Percy Bentley Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...
(1932-1940) |
| Most Games as Coach: |
248 |
| Tom Hafey Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL/AFL, playing for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coaching four clubs between 1966 and 1988....
(1966-1976) |
| Most Club Best & Fairest Awards The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged Best and Fairest for the Richmond Football Club....
: |
6 |
| Jack Dyer John Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
(1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946) |
| Most Seasons as Club Leading Goalkicker The Michael Roach Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the leading goalkicker or goalkickers for the Richmond Football Club.The award is now named in honour of Michael Roach, Richmond's "best post-war full forward"...
: |
13 |
| Matthew Richardson Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the Australian Football League...
(1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) |
| Most Goals in a Career: |
970 |
| Jack Titus Jack "Skinny" Titus was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats...
(1926-1943) |
| Most Goals in a Season: |
112 |
| Michael Roach Michael Terrence Roach is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1989....
(1980) |
| Most Goals in a Match: |
14 |
| Doug Strang Doug Strang was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1931 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club.Whilst several injuries restricted his VFL career to just 64 games, his 14 goals kicked against North Melbourne in 1931 still stands to this day as the record for the most goals...
(vs. , Round 2, 1931 at Punt Road OvalPunt Road Oval , is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria. It is situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.-History:...
) |
| Youngest Player: |
15 years 328 days |
| Mick Maguire Michael 'Mick' Maguire was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFL from 1910 to Round 8 of the 1912 season, then played for the Melbourne Football Club for the rest of 1912 to 1914...
(Round 1, 1910) |
| Oldest Player: |
36 years 215 days |
| David Cloke David Cloke is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.Cloke was a powerful ruckman and occasional forward who enjoyed a marvellous career at two VFL/AFL clubs. He began with Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond...
(Round 24, 1991) |
Current squad
As of September 8, 2009:
40 players total
Captain
- Charlie Pannam
Charles 'Charlie' Pannam was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the VFA between 1894 and 1896 then in the VFL between 1897 and 1906. He then played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1907 then in the VFL in 1908...
Snr 1908
- Dick Condon
Richard 'Dick' Condon was a highly controversial, exceptionally brilliant champion Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association and the Victorian Football League from 1894 to 1909....
1909
- John Lawson
John Richard Lawson was an English former footballer.-Career:Lawson joined York City from Dringhouses in August 1944. He then joined Scarborough....
1909
- Billy Schmidt
Louis 'William' Schmidt was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1907 then in the VFL from 1908 to 1911 and again in 1921...
1910
- Len Incigneri
Len Incigneri was an Australian rules footballer who played one game for the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL in 1903 and a second and final game in 1905. He then played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1906 and 1907 then in the VFL from 1908 to 1911, where he was Captain/Coach...
1911
- Ted Ohlsen
F. H. 'Ted' Ohlsen was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFL from 1908 to 1915.-References:* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
1912
- Hugh James
Hugh James was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1916 and, upon returning from military service, from 1919 to 1923 for the Richmond Football Club.He served in the AIF between 1916 and 1919...
1913
- Bill Thomas
William 'Bill' Thomas was a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL between 1906 and 1913 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1914 to 1916 and again in 1919...
1914-16
- Percy Maybury
Percy Maybury was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1910 and 1919 for the Richmond Football Club. He was Captain/Coach of Richmond for the 1917 season.-References:*Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
1917
- Clarrie Hall
Clarrie Hall was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1912 and 1922 and then one game in 1924 for the Richmond Football Club.-References:*Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
1918
- Bill Thomas
William 'Bill' Thomas was a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL between 1906 and 1913 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1914 to 1916 and again in 1919...
1919
- Dan Minogue
Daniel 'Dan' Minogue was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Minogue was a courageous centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final and then playing out the entire...
1920-25
- Mel Morris
Mel Morris was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1921 and 1926 for the Richmond Football Club. He was Captain/Coach of Richmond for the 1926 season.-References:...
1926
- Alan Geddes
Alan Geddes was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club. He was then Captain/Coach of the Richmond Reserve grade side from 1936 to 1938 and non-playing Coach of the Carlton Seconds in 1939.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of...
1927-28
- Cyril Lilburne
Cyril 'Dooley' Lilburne was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1929 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
1929
- Alan Geddes
Alan Geddes was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club. He was then Captain/Coach of the Richmond Reserve grade side from 1936 to 1938 and non-playing Coach of the Carlton Seconds in 1939.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of...
1930
- Maurie Hunter
Maurie Hunter was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1929 and 1933 for the Richmond Football Club.Prior to joining Richmond he played in four premiership teams with St Patrick's of Albury between 1923 and 1928 and later coached the Richmond YCW Under 16 team to six...
1931
- Percy Bentley
Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...
1932-40
- Jack Dyer
John Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
1941-49
- Bill Morris 1950-51
- Des Rowe
Des Rowe was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
1952-57
- Roy Wright
Gordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s....
1958-59
- Ron Branton
Ronald 'Ron' Branton is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1953 and 1962 for the Richmond Football Club.-References:* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
1960-62
- Neville Crowe
Neville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
1963-66
- Fred Swift
Fred Swift was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in between 1958 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club.Swift was killed by home invaders in 1983...
1967
- Roger Dean
Roger Edward Dean was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1973 for the Richmond Football Club. Dean was one of the last elite Australian footballers born and bred in the local suburb for which he played...
1968-71
- Royce Hart
Royce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
1972-1975
- Francis Bourke
Francis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
1976-77
- Kevin Sheedy 1978
- Kevin Bartlett 1979
- Bruce Monteath
Bruce Monteath is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1975 and 1980 for the Richmond Football Club. He also played in the WAFL for the South Fremantle Football Club between 1972 and 1974 and then again from 1981 to 1983...
1980
- Bryan Wood
Bryan Wood is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1972 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club and between 1983 and 1986 for the Essendon Football Club.-References:...
1981
- David Cloke
David Cloke is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.Cloke was a powerful ruckman and occasional forward who enjoyed a marvellous career at two VFL/AFL clubs. He began with Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond...
1982
- Barry Rowlings
Barry Rowlings is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1975 and 1978 for the Hawthorn Football Club and between 1979 and 1986 for the Richmond Football Club...
1983-84
- Mark Lee
Mark Lee is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1977 and 1991 for the Richmond Football Club. He is now a Senior Constable within Victoria Police. He is currently based in Mildura.- External links:...
1985-87
- Dale Weightman
Dale "Flea" Weightman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League between 1978 and 1993....
1988-92
- Jeff Hogg
Jeff Hogg is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1986 and 1993 for the Richmond Football Club, and between 1994 and 1996 for the Fitzroy Football Club..- References :...
1993
- Tony Free
Tony Free is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL/AFL between 1987 and 1996 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
1994-96
- Matthew Knights
Matthew Knights is the coach of the Essendon Football Club and a former captain of the Richmond Football Club, of the Australian rules football sports scene.-Playing career:...
1997-2000
- Wayne Campbell
Wayne Campbell is a retired Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club of the AFL.-Career:...
2001-04
- Kane Johnson
Kane "Johno" Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer and former captain of the Richmond Football Club.The 187cm, 85 kg Johnson wore the guernsey number 28 for Richmond in the AFL.-Career:...
2005-08
- Chris Newman
Chris Newman is an Australian rules footballer, and currently the captain of the Richmond Football Club. He was drafted at Pick 55 in the 2000 AFL Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup....
2009-
Coach
- Dick Condon
Richard 'Dick' Condon was a highly controversial, exceptionally brilliant champion Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association and the Victorian Football League from 1894 to 1909....
1908-09
- Alex 'Joker' Hall
Alex 'Joker' Hall was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFA in 1891 to 1896 then in the VFL from 1898 to 1900 and again in 1902. In 1906, his first year of coaching in the VFL, he played his only game for the St Kilda Football Club...
1910
- Len Incigneri
Len Incigneri was an Australian rules footballer who played one game for the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL in 1903 and a second and final game in 1905. He then played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1906 and 1907 then in the VFL from 1908 to 1911, where he was Captain/Coach...
1911
- Charlie Pannam
Charles 'Charlie' Pannam was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the VFA between 1894 and 1896 then in the VFL between 1897 and 1906. He then played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1907 then in the VFL in 1908...
Snr 1912
- Ern Jenkins
Ernest 'Ern' Jenkins was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFL between 1897 and 1908 and again in 1910. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in 1913.- References :...
1913
- Charlie Ricketts
Charles "Charlie" Ricketts was a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.Ricketts was a champion rover for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1903 to 1905...
1914-16
- Percy Maybury
Percy Maybury was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1910 and 1919 for the Richmond Football Club. He was Captain/Coach of Richmond for the 1917 season.-References:*Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
1917
- Bernie Nolan
Bernard 'Bernie' Nolan was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the VFL between 1904 and 1911. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in 1918.- References :...
1918
- Norm Clark
Norman "Hackenschmidt" Clark was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL between 1905 and 1912.Prior to joining Carlton, he had played in two premiership teams at North Adelaide....
1919
- Dan Minogue
Daniel 'Dan' Minogue was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Minogue was a courageous centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final and then playing out the entire...
1920-25
- Mel Morris
Mel Morris was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1921 and 1926 for the Richmond Football Club. He was Captain/Coach of Richmond for the 1926 season.-References:...
1926
- Frank 'Checker' Hughes
Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948....
1927-32
- Billy Schmidt
Louis 'William' Schmidt was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1907 then in the VFL from 1908 to 1911 and again in 1921...
1933
- Percy Bentley
Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...
1934-40
- Jack Dyer
John Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
1941-52
- Alby Pannam
Albert 'Alby' Pannam was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1933 and 1943 and then again in 1945 for the Collingwood Football Club. He then was captain/coach for the Richmond Football Club Seconds side from 1946 to 1952, leading them to the premiership in 1946...
1953-55
- Max Oppy
William "Max" Oppy was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League between 1942 and 1954 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1956....
1956
- Alan McDonald
Alan McDonald is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1939 and 1941 and then again in 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond from 1957 to 1960.- References :...
1957-60
- Des Rowe
Des Rowe was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
1961-63
- Len Smith
Len Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the VFL from 1934 to 1935 and then for the Fitzroy Football Club from 1937 to 1943...
1964-65
- Jack Titus
Jack "Skinny" Titus was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats...
1965
- Tom Hafey
Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL/AFL, playing for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coaching four clubs between 1966 and 1988....
1966-76
- Barry Richardson 1977-78
- Tony Jewell
Tony 'TJ' Jewell is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1964 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from Oakleigh in the VFA where he had led the club's goalkicking in 1962 and was placed 4th in the VFA's best & fairest award, the J. J. Liston...
1979-81
- Francis Bourke
Francis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
1982-83
- Mike Patterson
Michael 'Mike' Patterson was an Australian rules footballer and coach. Affectionately known as the "Swamp Fox", Patterson was a premiership ruckman with the Richmond Football Club in 1967, and also captain/coach of the 1972 Australian Champions, the North Adelaide Football club.-Richmond:Patterson...
1984
- Paul Sproule
Paul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985....
1985
- Tony Jewell
Tony 'TJ' Jewell is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1964 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from Oakleigh in the VFA where he had led the club's goalkicking in 1962 and was placed 4th in the VFA's best & fairest award, the J. J. Liston...
1986-87
- Kevin Bartlett 1988-91
- Allan Jeans
Allan Jeans is an Australian rules football coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in its inception in 1996.-St Kilda:...
1992
- John Northey
John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club. Northey was a dual premiership player with Richmond, in 1967 and 1969...
1993-95
- Robert Walls
Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :...
1996-97
- Jeff Gieschen
Jeff Gieschen is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1974 and 1978 for the Footscray Football Club. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club from late in the 1997 season until the end of 1999...
1997-99
- Danny Frawley
Danny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer which led to his nickname of Spud, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back. He was the longest serving captain of the St Kilda...
2000-04
- Terry Wallace
Terry Wallace is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection, and two Best and Fairests with the Footscray Football...
2005-09 (Round 11)
- Jade Rawlings
Jade Rawlings was the caretaker coach of the Richmond Tigers Football Club, and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and the North Melbourne Football Clubs....
2009
- Damien Hardwick
Damien Patrick Hardwick is a former Australian rules footballer and the coach of the Richmond Football Club.-Early life:Attended St Joseph's College in Ferntree Gully.-AFL playing career:...
2010-
Club Administration Since Admission to the League in 1908
President
- George Bennett
George Henry Bennett was a brewer and a politician.He managed the Victoria Sugar Co. and then went into a partnership in Excelsior Brewery, a porterbrewing business which operated in Collingwood and Richmond...
1908
- Frank Tudor
Francis Gwynne Tudor was an Australian-born felt hatter and politician. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1916 to 1921.- Early life :...
1909-18
- Alf Wood 1919-23
- Jack Archer 1924-31
- Barney Herbert
Barney Herbert was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1921 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1932 to 1935 and again in 1939....
1932-35
- Lou Roberts 1936-38
- Barney Herbert
Barney Herbert was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1921 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1932 to 1935 and again in 1939....
1939
- Harry Dyke 1940-58
- Maurie Fleming
J. M. 'Maurie' Fleming was a long time administrator of the Richmond Football Club.He served as Club Secretary from 1940 until 1954 and then as President from 1958 to 1963.Fleming was made a life member of the Richmond Football Club in 1942...
1958-63
- Ray Dunn
Raymond Hudson Dunn was a noted lawyer and football administrator with VFL/AFL club Richmond. Ray Dunn was one of the towering figures at Richmond who laid the foundations for the club's greatest era of success...
1964-71
- Al Boord 1971-73
- Ian Wilson 1974-85
- Barry Richardson 1985
- Bill Durham 1986
- Alan Bond
Alan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...
1987
- Neville Crowe
Neville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
1987-93
- Leon Daphne 1993-99
- Clinton Casey 2000-05
- Gary March
Gary March is an Australian investor, and is Managing Director of Concept Sports International Pty Ltd.Gary took over the presidency from Clinton Casey whom decided to devote his business endeavours solely into property development...
2005- |
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Secretary
- Andrew Manzie 1908-11
- George P Beachcroft
George Peckham Beachcroft was an influential early administrator of the Richmond Football Club.He served as Club Secretary from on or before 1900 until 1905, when Richmond was in the Victorian Football Association. During his tenure the club won the VFA premierships of 1902 and 1905...
1912
- Bill Lohse 1913-16
- W 'Dad' Maybury 1917-23
- Percy Page 1924-31
- Jack Smith 1932-38
- Maurie Sheahan
Maurie Sheahan was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1929 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club.A member of Richmond's legendary "Three Musketeers" backline of Bolger, Sheahan and O'Neill, he played in the premiership teams of 1932 and 1934 as well as the losing Grand...
1939
- Maurie Fleming
J. M. 'Maurie' Fleming was a long time administrator of the Richmond Football Club.He served as Club Secretary from 1940 until 1954 and then as President from 1958 to 1963.Fleming was made a life member of the Richmond Football Club in 1942...
1940-54
- H Lingwood-Smith 1955
- Bill Tymms 1955-62
- Graeme Richmond
Graeme Richmond was a long time administrator of the Richmond Football Club.Recruited from Geelong College, he played mainly as a defender in Richmond's Thirds from 1951 to 1953. He captained this side and won its Best & Fairest in 1952. He also played 13 games for the Richmond Seconds side in...
1962-67
- Alan Schwab 1968-76
- Max Scales 1977
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General Manager
- Gareth Andrews 1978-79
- Richard Doggett 1979-80
- Kevin Dixon 1981-86
- Richard Doggett 1986-88
- Cameron Schwab 1988-94
- Jim Malone 1994-99
- Mark Brayshaw 2000-02
- Ian Campbell 2003-04
- Steve Wright 2004-
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Best and Fairest
- See Jack Dyer Medal
The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged Best and Fairest for the Richmond Football Club....
Brownlow Medal winners
First Awarded 1924
- Stan Judkins
Stan Judkins was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1928 and 1936. He became the first Richmond player to win the game's most prestigious award, the Brownlow Medal.Judkins played his junior football as a rover for...
(1930) (co-winner)
- Bill Morris (1948)
- Roy Wright
Gordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s....
(1952, 1954)
- Ian Stewart
Ian Harlow Stewart , son of Aldo Liberale Cervi and Anita Cervi who separated three years after his birth, is a former Australian rules footballer with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League , and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda and Richmond...
(1971)
Coleman Medal winners
First Awarded 1897
- George Bayliss
George Bayliss was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in 1914 and then again between 1916 and 1923 for the Richmond Football Club. He then played for the Footscray Football Club in the VFA in 1924 then in the VFL in 1925.-References:...
(1920)
- Jack Titus
Jack "Skinny" Titus was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats...
(1940)
- Dick Harris
Richard 'Dick' Harris was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1934 and 1944 for the Richmond Football Club. He also represented Victoria at interstate football, playing a total of nine games for his state including the 1937 Perth Carnival.Harris played mainly as a rover and...
(1943)
- Michael Roach
Michael Terrence Roach is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1989....
(1980, 1981*)
* Michael Roach was the first winner of the Coleman Medal in 1981. Retrospective awards were dated back to 1955. Prior to 1955 the Leading Goalkicker Medal was awarded.
Norm Smith Medal winners
First Awarded 1979
- Kevin Bartlett (1980)
- Maurice Rioli
Maurice Rioli was an Australian rules football player from St Marys Football Club for the Richmond Tigers in the Australian Football League and politician in the Northern Territory....
(1982)
Mark of the Year winners
- Michael Roach
Michael Terrence Roach is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1989....
(1979)
- Michael Mitchell
For the Canadian folk and children's singer, see Michael mitchell Michael Mitchell is an indigenous former Australian rules footballer for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL and the Richmond Football Club in the VFL/AFL...
(1990)
All Australian selections
Commenced 1953
- Andrew Raines
Andrew Raines is an Australian rules footballer, with the Brisbane Lions Football Club. He is the son of Geoff Raines, a premiership centreman who played for Richmond, Collingwood, Essendon and Brisbane....
(2006)
- Joel Bowden
Joel Bowden was an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL. In 2007, he was declared the new president of the AFL Players Association....
(2005, 2006)
- Wayne Campbell
Wayne Campbell is a retired Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club of the AFL.-Career:...
(1995, 1999)
- David Cloke
David Cloke is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.Cloke was a powerful ruckman and occasional forward who enjoyed a marvellous career at two VFL/AFL clubs. He began with Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond...
(1979)
- Neville Crowe
Neville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
(1966)
- Nathan Foley
Nathan Joel Foley is an Australian performer and former member of Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5.-Biography:Nathan Foley has been performing since the age of 10...
(2007)
- Darren Gaspar
Darren Gaspar is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Number 1 draft pick in 1993, Gaspar debuted at the Sydney Swans in 1994 before moving to the Richmond Football Club in 1998. Although not a spectacular player, he had been a consistent performer in defence for...
(2000, 2001)
- Royce Hart
Royce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
(1969)
- Jim Jess
Jim Jess is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1988 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
(1980)
- Andrew Kellaway
Andrew Kellaway is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL.Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Kellaway joined his brother Duncan at Richmond in 1997...
(2000)
- Matthew Knights
Matthew Knights is the coach of the Essendon Football Club and a former captain of the Richmond Football Club, of the Australian rules football sports scene.-Playing career:...
(1998)
- Mark Lee
Mark Lee is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1977 and 1991 for the Richmond Football Club. He is now a Senior Constable within Victoria Police. He is currently based in Mildura.- External links:...
(1980, 1983, 1985)
- Bruce Monteath
Bruce Monteath is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1975 and 1980 for the Richmond Football Club. He also played in the WAFL for the South Fremantle Football Club between 1972 and 1974 and then again from 1981 to 1983...
(1979)
- Brad Ottens
Brad "Otto" Ottens is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Richmond: 1998–2004:...
(2001)
- Geoff Raines
Geoff Raines was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club, between 1983 and 1985 for the Collingwood Football Club, in 1986 for the Essendon Football Club and between 1987 and 1989 for the Brisbane Bears Football Club.-...
(1980)
- Matthew Richardson
Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the Australian Football League...
(1996, 1999, 2008)
- Maurice Rioli
Maurice Rioli was an Australian rules football player from St Marys Football Club for the Richmond Tigers in the Australian Football League and politician in the Northern Territory....
(1983, 1986)
- Michael Roach
Michael Terrence Roach is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1989....
(1979)
- Des Rowe
Des Rowe was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
(1956)
- Dale Weightman
Dale "Flea" Weightman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League between 1978 and 1993....
(1985, 1986, 1988)
- Roy Wright
Gordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s....
(1956)
National team representatives
Commenced 1998
- Joel Bowden
Joel Bowden was an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL. In 2007, he was declared the new president of the AFL Players Association....
(2001, 2004)
- Nathan Brown
Nathan Gordon Brown is a former Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Tigers and the Western Bulldogs in the AFL...
(2003, 2004)
- Wayne Campbell
Wayne Campbell is a retired Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club of the AFL.-Career:...
(1998, 1999, 2000)
- Brett Deledio
Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...
(2005)
- Darren Gaspar
Darren Gaspar is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Number 1 draft pick in 1993, Gaspar debuted at the Sydney Swans in 1994 before moving to the Richmond Football Club in 1998. Although not a spectacular player, he had been a consistent performer in defence for...
(2001)
- Andrew Kellaway
Andrew Kellaway is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL.Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Kellaway joined his brother Duncan at Richmond in 1997...
(2000, 2002)
- Chris Newman
Chris Newman is an Australian rules footballer, and currently the captain of the Richmond Football Club. He was drafted at Pick 55 in the 2000 AFL Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup....
(2005)
- Brad Ottens
Brad "Otto" Ottens is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Richmond: 1998–2004:...
(2001)
- Andrew Raines
Andrew Raines is an Australian rules footballer, with the Brisbane Lions Football Club. He is the son of Geoff Raines, a premiership centreman who played for Richmond, Collingwood, Essendon and Brisbane....
(2006)
- Matthew Richardson
Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the Australian Football League...
(1996, 1999, 2008)
Australian Football Hall of Fame Members
As legends of the game:
- Jack Dyer
John Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
- Kevin Bartlett
- Ian Stewart
Ian Harlow Stewart , son of Aldo Liberale Cervi and Anita Cervi who separated three years after his birth, is a former Australian rules footballer with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League , and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda and Richmond...
As players of the game:
- Percy Bentley
Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...
- Francis Bourke
Francis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
- Royce Hart
Royce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
- Dan Minogue
Daniel 'Dan' Minogue was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Minogue was a courageous centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final and then playing out the entire...
- Bill Morris
- Charlie Pannam
Charles 'Charlie' Pannam was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the VFA between 1894 and 1896 then in the VFL between 1897 and 1906. He then played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1907 then in the VFL in 1908...
- Vic Thorp
Victor 'Vic' C. Thorp was an Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1910 and 1925....
- Jack Titus
Jack "Skinny" Titus was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats...
- Dale Weightman
Dale "Flea" Weightman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League between 1978 and 1993....
- Roy Wright
Gordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s....
As coaches of the game:
- Tom Hafey
Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL/AFL, playing for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coaching four clubs between 1966 and 1988....
- Frank 'Checker' Hughes
Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948....
Richmond Team of the Century
In 1998, Richmond announced its team of the twentieth century. The selection of the twenty two players shows an even spread of champions from all the eras of the club: Thorp from the club's first premiership wins of 1920-21; McCormack, Strang, Titus and Dyer from the inter-war years; Rowe, Morris and Wright from the battling era after the war; Richardson and Knights from recent times. But the great days from the late 1960s to the early 1980s provide the bulk of the side: Sheedy, Green, Keane, Bourke, Barrot, Clay, Hart, Dean and Bartlett who made up the core of Tom Hafey's teams, and later success stories Weightman and Raines. Ian Stewart, named on the bench, created a record as the only man to win selection in a team of the century at two clubs - he was named in the centre of St Kilda's team as well. Richmond has four players denoted below with an
asteriskAn asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
who are also members of AFL Team of the Century. The second most of any club.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/TheClub/History/TeamoftheCentury/tabid/7669/Default.aspx
Richmond Hall of Fame
The club's hall of fame was created in 2002 with 23 inductees. Below is a list, separated into categories, of members and the year they were inducted. So far, five Richmond "
Immortals" have been named, the first of whom was
Jack DyerJohn Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
, the year before his death in 2003.
DyerJohn Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
was followed by Kevin Bartlett,
Tom HafeyThomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL/AFL, playing for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coaching four clubs between 1966 and 1988....
,
Francis BourkeFrancis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
and
Royce HartRoyce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
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| Bill Barrot Bill Barrot was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1961 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club and in 1971 for the St Kilda Football Club and the Carlton Football Club.- References :...
2007
Kevin Bartlett 2002
Percy BentleyPercy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...
2002
Martin BolgerMartin Joseph Bolger was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1930 and 1939 for the Richmond Football Club....
2005
Francis BourkeFrancis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
2002
Ron BrantonRonald 'Ron' Branton is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1953 and 1962 for the Richmond Football Club.-References:* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
2006
Dick ClayRichard Harold 'Dick' Clay is a former Australian rules footballer. As one of Richmond's greatest players in the post-war ear, Clay was renowned for his versatility, aerial strength and prodigious field kicking, and was duly named in the Tigers' Team of the Century.Clay began playing football for...
2002
David ClokeDavid Cloke is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.Cloke was a powerful ruckman and occasional forward who enjoyed a marvellous career at two VFL/AFL clubs. He began with Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond...
2007
Roger DeanRoger Edward Dean was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1973 for the Richmond Football Club. Dean was one of the last elite Australian footballers born and bred in the local suburb for which he played...
2002
Jack DyerJohn Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
2002
Alec Edmond 2007
Alan GeddesAlan Geddes was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club. He was then Captain/Coach of the Richmond Reserve grade side from 1936 to 1938 and non-playing Coach of the Carlton Seconds in 1939.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of...
2007 |
Michael Green Michael Green is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1966 and 1971 and then again between 1973 and 1975 for the Richmond Football Club.Green is now well known in the Melbourne legal community...
2004
Clarrie HallClarrie Hall was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1912 and 1922 and then one game in 1924 for the Richmond Football Club.-References:*Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
2006
Dick HarrisRichard 'Dick' Harris was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1934 and 1944 for the Richmond Football Club. He also represented Victoria at interstate football, playing a total of nine games for his state including the 1937 Perth Carnival.Harris played mainly as a rover and...
2004
Royce HartRoyce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
2002
Frank HughesFrank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948....
2004
Hugh JamesHugh James was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1916 and, upon returning from military service, from 1919 to 1923 for the Richmond Football Club.He served in the AIF between 1916 and 1919...
2005
Jim JessJim Jess is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1988 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
2008
Mervyn KeaneMervyn Keane is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1972 and 1984 for the Richmond Football Club.Senior coach of the Sturt Football Club from 1985-1988 and Caulfield Grammarians.-References:...
2005
Basil McCormackBasil McCormack was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
2004
Bill Morris 2002
Kevin O'NeillKevin O'Neill was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1930 and 1941 for the Richmond Football Club.The son of a former Richmond player from its days in the VFA, O'Neill was a member of the Tigers' legendary "Three Musketeers" backline of Bolger, Sheahan and O'Neill...
2008
Max OppyWilliam "Max" Oppy was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League between 1942 and 1954 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1956....
2004 |
Geoff Raines Geoff Raines was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club, between 1983 and 1985 for the Collingwood Football Club, in 1986 for the Essendon Football Club and between 1987 and 1989 for the Brisbane Bears Football Club.-...
2008
Michael RoachMichael Terrence Roach is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1989....
2002
Des RoweDes Rowe was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
2004
Kevin Sheedy 2002
Vic ThorpVictor 'Vic' C. Thorp was an Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1910 and 1925....
2002
Jack TitusJack "Skinny" Titus was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats...
2002
Dale WeightmanDale "Flea" Weightman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League between 1978 and 1993....
2002
Bryan WoodBryan Wood is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1972 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club and between 1983 and 1986 for the Essendon Football Club.-References:...
2006
Roy WrightGordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s....
2002 |
Tom Hafey Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL/AFL, playing for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coaching four clubs between 1966 and 1988....
2002
Dan MinogueDaniel 'Dan' Minogue was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Minogue was a courageous centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final and then playing out the entire...
2002 |
Charlie Backhouse Charlie Backhouse was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFA between 1891 and 1905 for the Richmond Football Club.He was Captain of the Club in 1893 and played in the Club's inaugural VFA Premiership side in 1902. In all he played 210 games for Richmond and kicked 42 goals...
2002
Charlie CallanderCharlie Callander was a long time Property Steward and Committee member of the Richmond Football Club.He served as Richmond's Property Steward/Consultant for sixty-three seasons, from 1924 until 1986. During this time he also acted as the VFL Property Steward from 1946 to 1964 and served on the...
2002
James CharlesJames Charles was one of the founding members of the Richmond Football Club.He was Richmond's inaugural Club Secretary, serving in 1885 and 1886, at the same time as being the Club's delegate to the Victorian Football Association...
2002
Allan CookeAllan Cooke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1949 and 1958 for the Richmond Football Club. He was also a long time Committee member of the Club....
2006
Neville CroweNeville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
2002
Ray DunnRaymond Hudson Dunn was a noted lawyer and football administrator with VFL/AFL club Richmond. Ray Dunn was one of the towering figures at Richmond who laid the foundations for the club's greatest era of success...
2002
Barney HerbertBarney Herbert was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1921 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1932 to 1935 and again in 1939....
2004
Tony JewellTony 'TJ' Jewell is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1964 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from Oakleigh in the VFA where he had led the club's goalkicking in 1962 and was placed 4th in the VFA's best & fairest award, the J. J. Liston...
2002
Barry Richardson 2004
Graeme RichmondGraeme Richmond was a long time administrator of the Richmond Football Club.Recruited from Geelong College, he played mainly as a defender in Richmond's Thirds from 1951 to 1953. He captained this side and won its Best & Fairest in 1952. He also played 13 games for the Richmond Seconds side in...
2002
Alice WillsAlice Wills was the first female inductee to the Hall of Fame of the Richmond Football Club, an Australian rules football club..Inducted in to the Hall of Fame in its inaugural year, 2002, she was a founding member of the Richmond Ladies Committee , the Richmond Cheer Squad and the Richmond...
2002 |
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/TheClub/History/HallofFame/tabid/7638/Default.aspx
100 Tiger Treasures
During the centenary season the tigers announced their
100 Tiger Treasures consisting of 10 awards, each with 10 nominees given by the Richmond Football Club in 2008 to celabrate their
centenary yearThe Australian Football League season of 2008 commenced on 20 March 2008 and concluded on 27 September 2008. The season marked the 150th anniversary of Australian rules football...
of competition in the VFL/AFL. The awards were mostly given to players but also club moments and campaigns. On Saturday, 28 June held a centenary celebration at
Punt Road OvalPunt Road Oval , is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria. It is situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.-History:...
before the centenary game at the
MCGJoseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer. He began his career in the music industry, directing music videos and producing various albums...
against arch rivials later that day.
| Award |
Winner |
Nominees |
| Best Individual Performance of the Century |
Kevin Bartlett
"Put his unique stamp on the 1980 finals series, kicking 21 goals as a half-forward in Richmond’s three appearances, including a Grand Final-equalling bag of seven in the Grand FinalThe 1980 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1980. It was the 84th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
massacre of the MagpiesCollingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League....
, which earned him the Norm Smith MedalThe Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...
for being best afield." |
- Jack Titus
Jack "Skinny" Titus was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats...
- Doug Strang
Doug Strang was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1931 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club.Whilst several injuries restricted his VFL career to just 64 games, his 14 goals kicked against North Melbourne in 1931 still stands to this day as the record for the most goals...
- Jack Dyer
John Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
- Roy Wright
Gordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s....
- Tommy Hafey
- Bill Barrot
Bill Barrot was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1961 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club and in 1971 for the St Kilda Football Club and the Carlton Football Club.- References :...
- Michael Green
Michael Green is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1966 and 1971 and then again between 1973 and 1975 for the Richmond Football Club.Green is now well known in the Melbourne legal community...
- David Cloke
David Cloke is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.Cloke was a powerful ruckman and occasional forward who enjoyed a marvellous career at two VFL/AFL clubs. He began with Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond...
- Matthew Knights
Matthew Knights is the coach of the Essendon Football Club and a former captain of the Richmond Football Club, of the Australian rules football sports scene.-Playing career:...
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| Class of the Century |
Royce HartRoyce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
"Thrilled Tiger fans for a decade with his match-winning exploits at centre half-forward. His dominance up forward was a major factor in the Club’s run of four premierships from 1967-74. He was an extraordinary mark, a deadeye shot for goal, very courageous and, when the ball hit the ground, he swooped on it like a rover." |
- Vic Thorp
Victor 'Vic' C. Thorp was an Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1910 and 1925....
- Bill Morris
William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ , generally known as Bill Morris, was general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a British trade union....
- Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart may refer to:*Ian Stewart , Scottish Formula One driver*Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby , British Conservative Party politician former MP for Hitchin, England...
- Kevin Bartlett
- Dick Clay
Richard Harold 'Dick' Clay is a former Australian rules footballer. As one of Richmond's greatest players in the post-war ear, Clay was renowned for his versatility, aerial strength and prodigious field kicking, and was duly named in the Tigers' Team of the Century.Clay began playing football for...
- Paul Sproule
Paul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985....
- Geoff Raines
Geoff Raines was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club, between 1983 and 1985 for the Collingwood Football Club, in 1986 for the Essendon Football Club and between 1987 and 1989 for the Brisbane Bears Football Club.-...
- Dale Weightman
Dale "Flea" Weightman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League between 1978 and 1993....
- Maurice Rioli
Maurice Rioli was an Australian rules football player from St Marys Football Club for the Richmond Tigers in the Australian Football League and politician in the Northern Territory....
|
| The Strong & the Bold |
Jack Dyer John Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
"No player in the history of the game epitomises his club more than the man known as “Captain Blood”. He struck fear into the hearts and minds of all opposition players during the 1930s and 40s. Was renowned for his bone-jarring shirtfronts, which left many an opponent bloodied, battered and bruised. He bled for the Tigers and expected his teammates to do likewise." |
- Basil McCormack
Basil McCormack was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
- Percy Bentley
Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...
- Max Oppy
William "Max" Oppy was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League between 1942 and 1954 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1956....
- Roger Dean
Roger "Dillon Peterson" Dean , is an English artist, designer, architect and publisher. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians which he began painting in the late 1960s...
- Martin Bolger
Martin Joseph Bolger was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1930 and 1939 for the Richmond Football Club....
- Des Rowe
Des Rowe was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996*...
- Matthew Richardson
Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the Australian Football League...
- Kevin Sheedy
Kevin John Sheedy AM was the coach of AFL club Essendon, and a former player for Richmond. He holds the AFL record for the most games combined as a player and coach....
- Francis Bourke
Francis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
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| Defining Moment |
Save Our Skins
"On August 15, 1990, Richmond announced that it needed to raise $1 million by October 31 that year, or it would cease to exist. The Save Our Skins campaign was immediately established to keep the Tigers alive. With Club president Neville CroweNeville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
as the figurehead, the SOS campaign did exactly what it set out to achieve, raising the necessary funds to stave off the threat of extinction." |
- Joining The VFL
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1908.Both Richmond Football Club and University Football Club were admitted to the VFL competition .-Premiership season:...
- The Sash
- First Premiership
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1920.-Premiership season:In 1920, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...
- Eat ‘Em Alive
- Jack Dyer
John Raymond Dyer senior , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast...
's Debut
- The Theme Song
- Move To The MCG
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1965.-Premiership season:In 1965, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
- Tommy Hafey’s Appointment As Coach
- Breaking The Drought In ‘67
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1967.-Premiership season:In 1967, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
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| Servant of the Century |
Graeme Richmond Graeme Richmond was a long time administrator of the Richmond Football Club.Recruited from Geelong College, he played mainly as a defender in Richmond's Thirds from 1951 to 1953. He captained this side and won its Best & Fairest in 1952. He also played 13 games for the Richmond Seconds side in...
"Graeme Richmond filled a variety of important roles at Tigerland over more than 30 years of devoted service. He was a shrewd, ruthless administrator, who never wasted an opportunity that could benefit his beloved Tigers. His strength lay in his relentless persuasiveness – he was a masterly recruiter and negotiator. And, as a speaker, arguably there have been none finer in league football history." |
- Charlie Callander
Charlie Callander was a long time Property Steward and Committee member of the Richmond Football Club.He served as Richmond's Property Steward/Consultant for sixty-three seasons, from 1924 until 1986. During this time he also acted as the VFL Property Steward from 1946 to 1964 and served on the...
- Charlie Priestley
- Ray Dunn
Raymond Hudson Dunn was a noted lawyer and football administrator with VFL/AFL club Richmond. Ray Dunn was one of the towering figures at Richmond who laid the foundations for the club's greatest era of success...
- Alan Schwab
- Allan Cooke
Allan Cooke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1949 and 1958 for the Richmond Football Club. He was also a long time Committee member of the Club....
- Maurie Fleming
J. M. 'Maurie' Fleming was a long time administrator of the Richmond Football Club.He served as Club Secretary from 1940 until 1954 and then as President from 1958 to 1963.Fleming was made a life member of the Richmond Football Club in 1942...
- Neville Crowe
Neville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
- Alice Wills
Alice Wills was the first female inductee to the Hall of Fame of the Richmond Football Club, an Australian rules football club..Inducted in to the Hall of Fame in its inaugural year, 2002, she was a founding member of the Richmond Ladies Committee , the Richmond Cheer Squad and the Richmond...
- Ian Wilson
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| Brave Act of the Century |
Francis Bourke Francis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
"Bourke collided with teammate Stephen MountStephen Mount is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League.Mount played four seasons with Richmond, his nine games in 1980 including the club's 81 point Grand Final win over Collingwood...
in a tense Round 21, 1980 clash with at Arden StreetArden Street Oval is a sports oval based in Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently the training base of Australian rules team North Melbourne Football Club and up to the end of the 1985 season it was used for elite-level VFL/AFL matches.-History:The North Melbourne...
and had trouble seeing because of the blood streaming down his face. He was subsequently moved from full-back to the opposite end of the ground, where he immediately made his presence felt, taking a diving chest mark and slotting through a crucial goal." |
- Bill Burns
Bill 'Poet' Burns was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Richmond in the Victorian Football League ....
- George Smeaton
George Smeaton was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1935 and 1942 and then again from 1944 to 1946 for the Richmond Football Club....
- Eric Moore
Eric Moore is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1966 and 1972 for the Richmond Football Club and for South Melbourne in 1972 and 1973....
- Francis Bourke
Francis William Bourke is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis"...
- Royce Hart
Royce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
- Laurie Fowler
Laurie Fowler is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and Melbourne in the VFL during the 1970s.Fowler debuted for Richmond in 1971 and soon made a name for himself as a tough and physical player...
- Robert Lamb
- Tony Free
Tony Free is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL/AFL between 1987 and 1996 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
- Matthew Richardson
Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the Australian Football League...
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| Premiership of the Century |
1967 Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1967.-Premiership season:In 1967, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
"Richmond, under coach Tommy Hafey, finished the 1967 home-and-away seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1967.-Premiership season:In 1967, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
on top. The Tigers disposed of CarltonCarlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football clubs. They were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club...
by 40 points in the second-semi, then faced up to a star-studded GeelongGeelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, are a professional Australian rules football club named after and based in the city of Greater Geelong....
combination in the Grand FinalThe 1967 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1967. It was the 71st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
. At the end of a spectacular contest, Richmond had broken a 24-year premiership drought. BarrotBill Barrot was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1961 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club and in 1971 for the St Kilda Football Club and the Carlton Football Club.- References :...
, BrownWilliam 'Billy' Brown is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1963 and 1971 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
, HartRoyce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
, DeanRoger Edward Dean was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1973 for the Richmond Football Club. Dean was one of the last elite Australian footballers born and bred in the local suburb for which he played...
and Bartlett starred, while unsung hero RonaldsonJohn Ronaldson is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1965 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club.Ronaldson is the father of Australian basketballer Tony Ronaldson.- References :...
kicked three vital goals." |
- 1920
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1920.-Premiership season:In 1920, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...
- 1921
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1921.-Premiership season:In 1921, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...
- 1932
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1932.-Premiership season:In 1932, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
- 1934
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1934.-Premiership season:In 1934, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
- 1943
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1943.-Influence of World War II:*Geelong were still unable to field a team due to the war, so the bye was retained.-New System:...
- 1969
-Premiership season:In 1969, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
- 1973
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1973.-Premiership season:In 1973, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
- 1974
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1974.-Premiership season:In 1974, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
- 1980
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1980.-Round 1:|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Venue| Crowd| Date|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|...
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| Mark of the Century |
Michael Roach Michael Terrence Roach is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1989....
"The superstar full-forward was a noted high-flyer during his 200-game career at Tigerland, but the mark he took against at the MCGJoseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer. He began his career in the music industry, directing music videos and producing various albums...
in 1979 was, almost literally, out of this world. ‘Roachy’ actually rose so high over a huge nest of Hawk players, he ended up making it a chest mark!" |
- Thomas O'Halloran
Thomas O'Halloran was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1934 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's Vice President in 1936 and 1940.- References :...
- Royce Hart
Royce Desmond Hart is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray between 1980 and 1982.Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his...
- Malcolm Greenslade
Malcolm Greenslade is a former Australian rules football player who played two matches in the VFL for the Richmond Football Club in 1971.Greenslade made his name as a goalkicking forward with the Sturt Football Club in the SANFL...
- Kevin Sheedy
Kevin John Sheedy AM was the coach of AFL club Essendon, and a former player for Richmond. He holds the AFL record for the most games combined as a player and coach....
- Bryan Wood
Bryan Wood is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1972 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club and between 1983 and 1986 for the Essendon Football Club.-References:...
- Geoff Raines
Geoff Raines was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club, between 1983 and 1985 for the Collingwood Football Club, in 1986 for the Essendon Football Club and between 1987 and 1989 for the Brisbane Bears Football Club.-...
- Michael Mitchell
For the Canadian folk and children's singer, see Michael mitchell Michael Mitchell is an indigenous former Australian rules footballer for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL and the Richmond Football Club in the VFL/AFL...
- David Bourke
David Bourke is a former Australian rules footballer who played 85 games for the Richmond Football Club, kicking 18 goals and one game player, kicking 1 goal for the Kangaroos. He is the son of Immortal Francis Bourke and grandson of 1940's player Frank Bourke. The only three generation family...
- Matthew Richardson
Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the Australian Football League...
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| Goal of the Century |
Michael Mitchell For the Canadian folk and children's singer, see Michael mitchell Michael Mitchell is an indigenous former Australian rules footballer for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL and the Richmond Football Club in the VFL/AFL...
"The little Tiger excitement machine decided to take off on a bit of a trot during the team’s final home-and-away match of the 1990 seasonResults and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1990.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:Essendon defeated North Melbourne 17.10 to 10.16 -Round 1:|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"...
, against SydneyThe Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League club based in Sydney, New South Wales.The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans...
at the SCGSCG may refer to:* SCG , a union of Serbia and Montenegro* SCG International Risk, a private military contractor and security firm* Self-Changing Gears, a British company* Summa contra Gentiles, a Christian studies book...
. After gathering the ball deep in defence, ‘Mitch’ took one bounce, then another, and then five more (seven in total), before calmly drilling home an incredibly inspirational goal." |
- John Ronaldson
John Ronaldson is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1965 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club.Ronaldson is the father of Australian basketballer Tony Ronaldson.- References :...
- Bill Barrot
Bill Barrot was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1961 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club and in 1971 for the St Kilda Football Club and the Carlton Football Club.- References :...
- Michael Roach
Michael Terrence Roach is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1989....
- Kevin Bartlett
- Jimmy Jess
- Matthew Knights
Matthew Knights is the coach of the Essendon Football Club and a former captain of the Richmond Football Club, of the Australian rules football sports scene.-Playing career:...
- Joel Bowden
Joel Bowden was an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL. In 2007, he was declared the new president of the AFL Players Association....
- Nathan Brown
Nathan Brown may refer to:* Nathan Brown , American religious leader* Nathan J. Brown , political scientist & academic...
- Chris Newman
Chris Newman is an Australian rules footballer, and currently the captain of the Richmond Football Club. He was drafted at Pick 55 in the 2000 AFL Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup....
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Windy Hill Brawl
"On May 18, 1974, all hell broke loose at half-time of Richmond’s clash with at Windy HillWindy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....
as the players were leaving the field... A massive brawl erupted, involving players and officials of both clubs. Following a league investigation, several players and officials received suspensions, the heaviest being for Graeme RichmondGraeme Richmond was a long time administrator of the Richmond Football Club.Recruited from Geelong College, he played mainly as a defender in Richmond's Thirds from 1951 to 1953. He captained this side and won its Best & Fairest in 1952. He also played 13 games for the Richmond Seconds side in...
, who was rubbed out until December 31 and also fined $2000." |
- Dean
Roger "Dillon Peterson" Dean , is an English artist, designer, architect and publisher. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians which he began painting in the late 1960s...
/BarassiRonald Dale Barassi, Jr is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and brilliant career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk in World...
Incident In 1963
- Crowe
Neville Crowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1957 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1987 to 1993, at the helm of the club during the 1990 Save Our Skins campaign which saved the club from financial...
/NichollsJohn Nicholls is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton Football Club in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.-Carlton career:...
Incident In 1967 Second-Semi
- Barrot
Bill Barrot was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1961 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club and in 1971 for the St Kilda Football Club and the Carlton Football Club.- References :...
/StewartIan Stewart may refer to:*Ian Stewart , Scottish Formula One driver*Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby , British Conservative Party politician former MP for Hitchin, England...
Swap
- Neil Balme
Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.- Playing career :...
’s Rampage, 1973 Grand FinalThe 1973 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1973. It was the 77th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
- John Pitura
John Pitura is a former Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne and Richmond in the VFL during the 1970s.Pitura was born in Wagga Wagga to a Polish father and as a child played rugby league...
Trade
- Jewell
Tony 'TJ' Jewell is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1964 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from Oakleigh in the VFA where he had led the club's goalkicking in 1962 and was placed 4th in the VFA's best & fairest award, the J. J. Liston...
/Jewell Quarter-Time Brawl
- 1980's Trade Wars With
- Alan Bond
Alan Bond may refer to:* Alan Bond * Alan Bond * Alan M. Bond, an Australian chemist...
’s Brisbane Plan
- Jeff Hogg
Jeff Hogg is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1986 and 1993 for the Richmond Football Club, and between 1994 and 1996 for the Fitzroy Football Club..- References :...
Trade |
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Current Club Guernseys
- The home jumper is black with a yellow sash which goes from top left to bottom right. The Clash jumper is the same as the home jumper with the addition of yellow side panels and inverse numbers on the back. The guernseys
A guernsey, or gansey, is a seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey, which originated in the Channel Island of the same name.-Origins:...
are made by sportswear company ReebokReebok International Limited, a subsidiary of German sportswear giant Adidas, is a producer of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle...
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The Tigers first wore their clash jumper against Essendon in the penultimate round of the 2007 season, winning by 27 points.
See also
- Wikipedia listing of Richmond players
- List of Richmond Football Club coaches
- Richmond Football Club 2007 Season
This article covers the 2007 season of the Richmond Football Club AFL team.-Captains:* Captain: Kane Johnson* Vice-Captain: Nathan Brown* Deputy Vice-Captain: Joel Bowden-Player List:
-Rookie List:-Additions:...
- Dreamtime at the 'G
Dreamtime at the 'G is an annual Australian rules football match between Australian Football League clubs and .The name of the match is comes from Australian Aboriginal mythology The Dreaming or Dreamtime and the Australian, but more specifically Victorian, colloquial reference to the Melbourne...
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