Tim Harrington is a former Australian rules football

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er who played with North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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, Collingwood

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 and Footscray

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 in the Victorian/Australian Football League

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 (VFL/AFL).

A defender, used mostly as a full-back, Harrington came to North Melbourne from Oak Park

Oak Park Football Club

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. He played 20 games over three seasons with North Melbourne and then ended his career with stints at Collingwood and Footscray.

Footscray hired him as an assistant coach in 1992 and he remained with the club for three years. From 1995 to 2001 he was an assistant coach to Denis Pagan

Denis Pagan

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 at North Melbourne, during which time they won two premierships. He was then North Melbourne's Football Manager for five years. In 2007 he was made List Manager of North Melbourne and two years later moved over to Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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, where he now works in the same position.