Troy Schwarze
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth | December 23, 1981 , |
| Recruited from | Dingley / Prahran U18 |
| Height and weight | 190cm / 84kg |
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| Debut | Round 4, April 2, 2000, St Kilda vs. Melbourne, at M.C.G. |
| Team(s) | St Kilda (1999-2006)
71 games, 20 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
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Troy Schwarze (born December 23, 1981) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
He was recruited as the number 53 draft pick (traded by Carlton for Matthew Lappin and number 58, Ian Prendergast), in the 1998 AFL Draft from Dingley. At the time Schwarze was the youngest player on an AFL list at 17 years of age.
Schwarze made his debut for St Kilda in Round 4, 2000 against Melbourne and in his early seasons was a much-maligned player. A turning point in Schwarze's career was in Round 6, 2004 against the Brisbane Lions where he kicked the match-winning goal from 55 metres out in the dying moments of the match.
[edit] 2006 season
In this year Schwarze was a steady, if unspectacular, contributor to the Saints, playing many utility roles in defence and occasionally in attack. 2006 saw him used up forward, as was evidenced in the Round 4 game against Port Adelaide where he helped lead a second-half resurgence from the Saints.
Schwarze then suffered a hamstring injury in Round 13 and did not return to the side for the remainder of the year. He was delisted by St Kilda at the end of 2006 and, despite some interest from Port Adelaide and the Saints themselves, was not picked up by any clubs in either the National or Internal drafts.
[edit] After AFL
Schwarze is now the senior coach of the Sorrento Sharks [1].
