Dean Polo

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Dean Polo

Personal information

Full name

Dean Polo

Date of Birth

August 5, 1986 (age 21)

Place of Birth

Gippsland, Victoria

Recruited from

Wy Yung / Gippsland U18

Draft

20^th overall, 2004

Richmond

Height/Weight

187cm / 78kg

Position

Midfielder/ Forward and Half Back Flanks

Club information

Current club

Richmond

Number

Playing Career¹

Years

Club

Games (Goals)

2005-

Richmond

26 (7)

¹ Club statistics to end of 2007 season

² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}

Career highlights

AFL

AFL Rising Star nominee 2006
Yiooken Award 2006

Dean Polo (born August 5, 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Polo was drafted by the Richmond Football Club with the 20th pick in the 2004 AFL Draft.

In his first season at Richmond in 2005, Polo initially struggled with the move from a small country town to the "big city", and was dropped to the Coburg reserves early on in the season. However in the 2nd half of the season his performances earned him a promotion to the Coburg seniors, where his performances continued to improve to the point where he was considered a possibility to debut for Richmond towards the end of the 2005 season.

After starring for Coburg in the early part of the 2006 season, Polo made his AFL debut in Round 6 against Essendon in the "Dreamtime at the G" game. He starred in the game, collecting 28 disposals and kicking 3 goals, helping Richmond beat their arch-rivals Essendon. Polo was rewarded with the Yiooken Award for his best-on-ground performance and was also nominated for the 2006 NAB Rising Star award.

Is considered a crucial part of Richmond's rebuilding under coach Terry Wallace.

Polo has been supported by a Host family while he has been in Melbourne, away from his family.

He is of italian decent.