Old Footballers - Whatever happened to ...

[Smokey]

Guess he won't be MC'ing any more  RFC Qld Supporters Group functions in the near future then.

[one-eyed]

GLENELG Football Club has signed former Essendon and Richmond midfielder Sam Lonergan.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/glenelg-signs-former-afl-midfielder-sam-lonergan/story-fnii08h3-1226763363097

[lamington]

Tambling retires!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-27/tambling-calls-it-quits

[one-eyed]

Came across this. Someone has put together a list of "Where are they now? Richmond Players 1908 - 2013"

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnofOqWBzSHxdC1Jekh6TG5mT013VzQxaVB0RE5Vd2c&usp=sharing#gid=0

[one-eyed]

Shane Tuck - has joined SA amateur club Goodwood Saints, largely to play alongside boyhood mate Luke Donaldson.




Andrew Collins - will start his coaching career at age 25 with Bridgewater in the Loddon Valley League. Collins is returning to his roots, living on his parents' farm in the district and coaching his brother Alex.

Will Thursfield - will join Collins at Bridgewater after two years as playing coach of Leongatha.

Sam Lonergan - has signed as a playing midfield coach at Glenelg in the SANFL.

Richard Tambling - will continue to play for Sturt in the SANFL.

Dan Connors - will play for Port Melbourne in the VFL.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/axed-retired-afl-players-to-line-up-interstate-in-bush-and-in-suburbs-in-2014/story-fnelctok-1226794883616

[Phil Mrakov]

Hopefully Mcbean collects Connors in the vfl

[Penelope]

gee, got a reminder of just what could have been with richie tambling on sunday.

on a day of constant monsoonal rain, his ball handling was just a class above anyone else, including a number of other ex afl players in the game.

[one-eyed]

Aaron Fiora is playing with the Doncaster Sharks in the EFL.

[one-eyed]

Andrew Krakouer has quit playing footy in the WAFL to work in the mining industry.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-02-11/krakouer-walks-away

[Smokey]

But Wesley-Curtain, which boasts ex-Richmond midfielder Mark Coughlan among its players, is where Spalding's loyalties lie right now. He is preparing for his fifth season as senior coach, and winning a third straight flag is his aim.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-02-22/earl-spaldings-golden-touch

[WA Tiger]

Gee there are some real what could of been players in that lot...

[one-eyed]

He rose to the challenges on the football field and now Ararat sporting identity Scott Turner is trying his hand at politics.

Victorian Deputy Premier and Leader of The Nationals, Peter Ryan visited Ararat yesterday to announce Mr Turner as the The Nationals' candidate for Ripon in the 2014 State election.

While he retired from AFL football after 144 games in 1999, Mr Turner is still involved with the sport, this year coaching the Ararat Football Club's under-17 team.

http://www.araratadvertiser.com.au/story/2132728/former-richmond-footballer-scott-turner-enters-politics/?cs=1516

[one-eyed]

Thursfield headed to LVFL premiers to reunite with former Tiger teammate Andrew Collins

DEFENDING Loddon Valley Football League premiers Bridgewater will have two ex-AFL players on its list next year, with Will Thursfield joining new Mean Machine coach Andrew Collins at the club.

Thursfield and Collins are former team-mates at AFL club Richmond.

Thursfield played 77 AFL games for Richmond between 2005 and 2011.

The 27-year-old coached Leongatha in the Gippsland Football League this year, but will join good mate Collins at Bridgewater in what is another recruiting coup for not only the Mean Machine, but the LVFL.

"Will is going to play for us, so that's very exciting," Collins said on Wednesday.

"He's a quality player and a quality person and will be a massive asset for us.

"He can play in a variety of different roles and wants to come up and have a bit of fun.

"We've been great mates since 2007 when I first joined the Tigers and he already knows quite a few of the Bridgewater boys, so he will fit in really well.

"With his experience, Will knows football very well. He has coached, so not only his playing ability, but his knowledge of the game will be fantastic.

"But we're also just as excited about all the other players we've got coming as well."

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1965718/ex-tiger-joins-the-mean-machine/

[Original Sin]

I'm not sure if this is relevant to this thread, but I just had an amazing conversation with a guy I was doing a quote for...he went on to say he played for the Richmond football club, so I asked when and who he was...turns out it was Ron Branton. I had never heard of him (although I never said that to him in those words) and asked him to tell me more of his playing days...he was very modest when telling me about his accomplishments that consisted of Club Captain for 3 yrs, Club B&F winner 3 yrs in a row, runner up in the Brownlow, leading club goal kicker 2 yrs and RFC Hall of Fame Member...He was such a humble man when talking about his playing days, I could've talked to him for hours! I felt almost embarrassed that a life long Tiges Supporter as myself had never heard of this man, who is obviously a living legend of his time.

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Ron was a guest speaker last year at half time at the 3121 function at the G
Very modest .gave great insight about his playing days and the Punt Road days