Richard Douglas (footballer)

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Richard Douglas
Personal information
Full name	Richard Jeffrey Douglas
Date of birth	(1987-02-06) 6 February 1987
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team	Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Draft	#16, 2005 National Draft
Height/Weight	180 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Adelaide
Number	26
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–	Adelaide	136 (96)
International team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2013	Australia	2 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of Round 17, 2013 season.
Career highlights
Malcolm Blight Medal 2010

Richard Jeffrey Douglas (born 6 February 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League.

Early Life

Picked by the Adelaide Crows with pick 16 overall in the 2005 AFL Draft, he impressed playing for Glenelg in the SANFL in season 2006 before making his AFL debut in round 21 against cross-town rivals Port Adelaide in the local Showdown.

AFL Career

In June 2009, in the lead-up to Adelaide's clash with North Melbourne, Douglas had a scare when he began displaying symptoms consistent with the swine influenza pandemic, and was quarantined. On the night before the match, the test for Swine Flu came back negative; however, he did not play in the match, which Adelaide won comfortably. He returned to play the next match, although he was a shock omission a few weeks later against Fremantle, making way for returning captain Simon Goodwin.

In 2010, Douglas was given more responsibility in the midfield by head coach; Neil Craig. He relished the opportunity; winning the 2010 Malcolm Blight Medal (best and fairest award)^[1] and the Coaches Award in a standout year in which he averaged 21 disposals per game. He played all 22 matches in 2010 and also signed a new two-year contract with the club.

References

↑ Rucci, Michelangelo (4 September 2010). "Richard Douglas wins Malcolm Blight Medal as Adelaide best and fairest". The Advertiser.

External links

Richard Douglas's profile on the official website of the Adelaide Football Club
Richard Douglas's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards
Preceded by Bernie Vince	Adelaide Best and Fairest winner 2010	Succeeded by TBD

Adelaide Football Club – current squad

1 Podsiadly
2 B. Crouch
3 Reilly
4 Jenkins
5 S. Thompson (vc)
6 L. Thompson
7 van Berlo (c)
8 Johnston
9 Sloane
10 Jaensch
11 Wright
12 Talia
13 Walker
14 Mackay
15 Graham
16 Brown
17 Kerridge
18 Betts
20 Siggins
21 Atkins
22 Otten
23 Petrenko
24 Jacobs
25 Rutten
26 Douglas
27 Lynch
28 Ellis-Yolmen
29 Laird
30 Osborn*
31 Lyons
32 Dangerfield (vc)
33 Smith
34 Shaw
35 McKernan
36 Martin
38 Grigg
39 Knight
40 Porplyzia
41 Hartigan
42 Cameron*
43 Battersby*
44 M. Crouch
45 Henderson
46 Spina*
47 Kelly*

Coach: Sanderson

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e Malcolm Blight Medal · Adelaide Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1991: Mickan 1992: McDermott 1993: McGuinness 1994: Rehn 1995: Connell 1996: Liptak 1997: McLeod 1998: Ricciuto 1999: Hart 2000: Goodwin 2001: McLeod 2002: Hart 2003: Ricciuto 2004: Ricciuto 2005: Goodwin 2006: Goodwin 2007: McLeod 2008: Bock 2009: Vince 2010: Douglas 2011: Thompson 2012: Thompson 2013: Sloane

v t e Australian squad – 2011 International Rules Series

Captain: Green Douglas Frawley Gray Grigg Kelly King McGlynn McKenzie Milne Monfries Nahas Nicoski Patfull Robinson Shiels Smith Suckling Swallow ~~Sylvia~~ Trengove Vince Ward Wojcinski Wood Coach: Eade

v t e 2005 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Marc Murphy (PP) 2. Dale Thomas (PP) 3. Xavier Ellis (PP) 4. Josh Kennedy 5. Scott Pendlebury 6. Beau Dowler 7. Paddy Ryder 8. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 9. Mitch Clark 10. Marcus Drum 11. Shaun Higgins 12. Nathan Jones 13. Shannon Hurn 14. Grant Birchall 15. Travis Varcoe 16. Richard Douglas 17. Darren Pfeiffer 18. Max Bailey 19. Courtenay Dempsey

Second round	20. Paul Bower 21. Danny Stanley 22. Beau Muston 23. Ryan Cook 24. Cleve Hughes 25. Wayde Mills 26. Garrick Ibbotson 27. Dylan Addison 28. Matt Riggio 29. Ben McKinley 30. Nick Lower 31. Trent West 32. Bernie Vince 33. Samuel Gilbert 34. Matthew Spangher 35. Stephen Owen

Third round	36. Jake Edwards 37. Jack Anthony 38. Travis Tuck (F/S) 39. Jay Neagle (F/S) 40. Travis Casserly 41. Rhan Hooper 42. Robert Warnock 43. Andrew Swallow 44. Alipate Carlile 45. Kasey Green 46. Travis Baird 47. Ryan Gamble 48. Alan Obst 49. Michael Rix 50. Sam Lonergan

Fourth round	51. Matthew Laidlaw 53. Simon Buckley 54. Kristin Thornton 55. Brett Montgomery 56. Joel Patfull 57. Michael West 58. Hugh Minson 59. Ryan Brabazon 60. Clint Bartram 61. Mathew Stokes 63. Phillip Raymond

Fifth round	66. Austin Lucy 68. Heath Neville 69. Tim Hutchison 70. Jonathan Giles 71. Justin Sweeney

Persondata
Name	Douglas, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	6 February 1987
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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