Liam Pickering
| Liam Pickering | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Liam Michael Pickering | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1968 | ||
| Original team | Stawell | ||
| Height/Weight | 184 cm / 85 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1989–1992 1993–1999 Total | North Melbourne Geelong | 22 (15) 102 (47) 124 (62) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1999 season. | |||
Liam Michael Pickering (born 9 September 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.
His father, Michael Pickering, played for North Melbourne.[1]
Football career
He played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. He played 102 games with Geelong from 1993–1999, before his retirement from AFL football.[2] He was also a talented cricketer who played 171 matches for North Melbourne Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.[3][4]
Media and managing careers
At the end of his career, he became sports marketing manager for Fila.[2]
He is now a player manager for Strategic, looking after such Australian Football League (AFL) stars as Gary Ablett, Jr. and Jack Riewoldt.
He currently co-hosts a Saturday-morning radio show with Mark Allen called Off The Fence on Melbourne station SEN 1116.[5] During the AFL season Pickering hosts Off The Bench with Craig Hutchison on Win Television He also appears regularly as a panelist on the Fox Sports programme "AFL Teams".[6]
References
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Liam Pickering - Saxton Speaker Bureau - Speaker Details
- ↑ The Liam Pickering Fact File
- ↑ "Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2011-12" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ↑ SEN - Saturday Programs - Morning and Afternoon
- ↑
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Garry Hocking |
Carji Greeves Medal 1997 |
Succeeded by Peter Riccardi |
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