Tony Free

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Tony Free
Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-06-27) 27 June 1969
Original team	Lalbert Football Club
Debut	1987, Richmond
Height/Weight	178cm / 79kg
Playing career¹
Richmond (1987-1996) 133 games, 46 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2006 season.
Career highlights
Richmond Life Member. Inducted 2013 Richmond Captain 1994-1996 Richmond Best and Fairest 1989, 1993 Interstate Games: 2

Tony Free is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL between 1987 and 1996 for the Richmond Football Club. He played one game in the 1987 season (wearing No. 49) and then became a regular player from 1988 (wearing No. 30).^[1]

Free captained the club for three seasons from 1994 and was appointed a Director of the club in June 2008. In December 2013, he became a Life Member of the club.^[2]

Free's career was cut short by a knee injury and he retired in 1996. His last game was against Geelong in round 5 of 1996.^[3]

References

↑ "Tony Free". Fan Footy. Paul Montgomery. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
↑ "The Board". Richmond Football Club. Telstra Media. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
↑ "Tony Free". Australian Football. The Slattery Media. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

External links

Tony Free playing record. From AFL Statistics

Publications

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

Preceded by Michael Pickering	Richmond Best and Fairest winner 1989	Succeeded by Matthew Knights
Preceded by Matthew Knights	Richmond Best and Fairest winner 1993	Succeeded by Chris Bond

Captains of the Richmond Football Club

1908: Pannam
1909: Condon
1909: Lawson
1910: Schmidt
1911: Incigneri
1912: Ohlsen
1913: James
1914–1916: Thomas
1917: Maybury
1918: Hall
1919: Thomas
1920–1925: Minogue
1926: M. Morris
1927–1928: Geddes
1929: Lilburne
1930: Geddes
1931: Hunter
1932–1940: Bentley
1941–1949: Dyer
1950–1951: B. Morris
1952–1957: Rowe
1958–1959: Wright
1960–1962: Branton
1963–1966: Crowe
1967: Swift
1968–1971: Dean
1972–1975: Hart
1976–1977: Bourke
1978: Sheedy
1979: Bartlett
1980: Monteath
1981: Wood
1982: Cloke
1983–1984: Rowlings
1985–1987: Lee
1988–1992: Weightman
1993: Hogg
1994–1996: Free
1997–2000: Knights
2001–2004: Campbell
2005–2008: Johnson
2009–2012: Newman
2013–: Cotchin

Jack Dyer Medal · Richmond Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1911: Mahoney
1913: Ricketts
1914: Reeves
1916: Bettles
1917: Thorp
1918: Herbert
1919: Herbert
1920: Minogue
1921: James
1922: M. Morris
1923: James
1924: Thorp
1925: O'Halloran
1926: Geddes
1927: McCormack
1928: McCormack
1929: Titus
1932: Dyer
1933: Hunter
1934: Martin
1935: Martin
1936: Bolger
1937: Dyer
1938: Dyer
1939: Dyer
1940: Dyer
1941: Dyer
1942: Merrett
1943: Durham
1944: Merrett
1945: W. Morris
1946: Dyer
1947: Wilson
1948: W. Morris
1949: Spring
1950: W. Morris
1951: D. Rowe/Wright
1952: Wright
1953: H. Rowe
1954: Wright
1955: D. Rowe
1956: Sharp
1957: Wright
1958: Cuzens
1959: Cuzens
1960: Branton
1961: Branton
1962: Branton
1963: Crowe
1964: Crowe
1965: Barrot
1966: Crowe
1967: Bartlett
1968: Bartlett
1969: Hart
1970: Bourke
1971: Stewart
1972: Hart
1973: Bartlett
1974: Bartlett
1975: K. Morris
1976: Sheedy
1977: Bartlett
1978: Raines
1979: Rowlings
1980: Raines
1981: Raines
1982: Rioli
1983: Rioli
1984: Lee
1985: Poole
1986: Weightman
1987: Weightman
1988: Pickering
1989: Free
1990: Knights
1991: Lambert
1992: Knights
1993: Free
1994: Bond
1995: Campbell
1996: Broderick
1997: Campbell
1998: Daffy
1999: Campbell
2000: Kellaway
2001: Gaspar
2002: Campbell
2003: Coughlan
2004: Bowden
2005: Bowden
2006: Johnson
2007: Richardson
2008: Deledio
2009: Deledio
2010: Riewoldt
2011: Cotchin
2012: Cotchin
2013: Jackson

Persondata
Name	Free, Tony
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	27 June 1969
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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