Troy Simmonds

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Troy Simmonds
Personal information
Full name	Troy Simmonds
Date of birth	(1978-07-13) 13 July 1978
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Original team	Box Hill
Draft	9th overall, 1998 Pre-Season Draft Melbourne
Height/Weight	197cm / 99 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman, Forward
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	5
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1999 – 2001 2002 – 2004 2005 – 2010 Total	Melbourne Fremantle Richmond	040 00(7) 064 0(59) 093 0(66) 197 (132)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2010	Victoria	1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2010 season.
Career highlights
AFL Grand Final appearance 2000

Troy Simmonds (born 13 July 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Fremantle and Richmond in the Australian Football League.

Career

Melbourne: 1999 – 2001

Simmonds was first drafted by Melbourne in the 1999 Preseason Draft. He played only five 5 games in 1999 but then played 22 in 2000, including the Grand Final, during which he was carried from the field on a stretcher following a head-on charge by Essendon's Michael Long.^[1]

Fremantle: 2002 – 2004

In 2002 he was traded to Fremantle as part of a three way trade that included Daniel Bandy moving to the Western Bulldogs and Craig Ellis moving to Melbourne.^[2] This was seen as a chance for Simmonds to become Fremantle's main ruckman, as opposed to being Jeff White's understudy at Melbourne. In three seasons at Fremantle Simmonds played in 64 out of a possible 67 games, including Fremantle's first ever finals game in 2003.

Richmond: 2005 – 2010

At the end of the 2004 season, Simmonds was traded back to Victoria, again in a three way deal, with Heath Black returning to Fremantle, Aaron Fiora moving to St Kilda and Simmonds moving to Richmond. In a move surprising to many, Simmonds signed a five-year deal with the Tigers, as opposed to the usual two or three-year contracts.^[3] After a serviceable first year with Richmond, Simmonds played some of the best football of his career in 2006 - taking several big marks and scoring several goals up forward. At the end of 2009 Simmonds signed a one-year contract for the 2010 season. Prior to Round 10, 2010, Simmonds announced his retirement.^[4]

References

↑ Short, Paul (3 Sept 2000) Essendon crash Melbourne's party
↑ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2002). AFL 2002. Melbourne, Victoria: AFL Publishing. p. 333. ISBN 0-9580300-0-6.
↑ Simmonds deserves more credit: Wallace; The Age; 16 February 2006
↑ Smith, Patrick & Denham, Greg (3 July 2009) Sheedy's new pitch welcomed; The Australian

External links

Troy Simmonds's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
Troy Simmonds's statistics from AFL Tables
Greenberg, Tony (2012-10-09). "Top 20 Tiger trade pick-ups: No. 19". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

v t e Victorian Team – 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Captain: J. Brown Bartel Bradshaw C. Brown Chapman Croad Fevola Foley Fraser Goodes Harvey Johnson Judd Kelly Milburn Mitchell Murphy O'Keefe Pendlebury Power Scarlett Selwood Shaw Simmonds Waite Coach: Thompson

Persondata
Name	Simmonds, Troy
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	13 July 1978
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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