Richie Cole (footballer)

Richard Cole

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-07-15) 15 July 1983
Original team(s)	Pioneers (NT) / Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)
Debut	Round 1, 28 March 2002, Collingwood v. Richmond, at the MCG
Height/Weight	186cms / 102kgs
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002-2005 2006-2007 Total	Collingwood Essendon	56 (6) 07 (0) 63 (6)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2007 season.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2003

Richard Cole (born 15 July 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Collingwood and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League.

The half-back flanker was drafted by Collingwood in the first round of 2001 AFL Draft. 2004 was the best season in his AFL career, in which he finished sixth in Collingwood's best and fairest. He played a total of 56 games for the Magpies.

Essendon acquired Cole via trade at the end of the 2005 season. He made a total of 7 AFL appearances for the Bombers and was delisted at the end of the 2007 season. He is now a part of the Buffaloes football club (NT)

External links

Richie Cole's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Richie Cole's statistics from AFL Tables

2003 Indigenous All-Stars team

Ah Chee Bateman Burgoyne Clarke Cole Cook Corrie Davis Goodes Grover Headland Johnson Kickett Koops Krakouer A. McGrath C. McGrath T. McGrath McLeod (c) D. Motlop S. Motlop Murray Murphy Rioli Roe Sampi Whelan White Williams Wilson

Coach: McLean

2005 Indigenous All-Stars team

Burgoyne Bonson Cole Corrie Darcy Davey Farmer Faulkner Grover Headland C. Johnson (vc) M. Johnson Koops Krakouer Lovett-Murray McGrath McLeod Miller Motlop Murphy Murray Pickett Rusca Sansbury Tambling Wells Whelan White (c) Wilson Woods

Coach: McLean

2003 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Mitchell Rd 2: Ball Rd 3: Sporn Rd 4: Brennan Rd 5: Schneider Rd 6: Osborne Rd 7: Goddard Rd 8: Sampi Rd 9: Polak Rd 10: Waite Rd 11: Wells Rd 12: Fisher Rd 13: Schammer Rd 14: Sandilands Rd 15: Richards Rd 16: Motlop Rd 17: Cole Rd 18: Roberts-Thompson Rd 19: Bullen Rd 20: Montagna Rd 21: McDougall Rd 22: McGrath/Lokan

Italics denote winner

2001 AFL national draft

First round	1. Luke Hodge (PP) 2. Luke Ball (PP) 3. Chris Judd (PP) 4. Graham Polak 5. Xavier Clarke 6. Ashley Sampi 7. David Hale 8. Jimmy Bartel 9. Luke Molan 10. Sam Power 11. Richard Cole 12. Brent Reilly 13. Nick Dal Santo 14. Ashley Watson 15. Barry Brooks 16. Rick Ladson 17. James Kelly 18. Shane Harvey 19. Jason Gram

Second round	20. Daniel Elstone 21. Matt Maguire 22. Mark Seaby 23. Charlie Gardiner 24. Steve Johnson 25. Steven Armstrong 26. Aaron Rogers 27. Tom Davidson 28. Mark Powell 29. Lewis Roberts-Thomson 30. Rod Crowe 31. Joel Reynolds 32. Campbell Brown 33. David Rodan 34. Simon O'Keefe 35. Jarrad Wright

Third round	36. Sam Mitchell 37. Leigh Montagna 38. Ashley Hansen 39. Justin Davies 40. Gary Ablett, Jr. (F/S) 41. Henry Playfair 42. Kieran McGuinness 43. Mark McGough 44. Ben Finnin 45. Nathan Clarke 46. Jarrad Waite (F/S) 47. Andrew Welsh 48. Simon Cox 49. Josh Houlihan 50. Paul Salmon

Fourth round	52. Andrew Browne 53. Daniel Hunt 54. Ben Robbins 55. Brad Miller 56. Paul Medhurst 57. Brent Colbert 58. Dane Swan 59. Jacob Schuback 60. Adam Schneider 61. Mick Martyn 62. Damon White 63. Adam Houlihan 64. Daniel McAlister

Sixth round	68. Chris Hyde 69. Matthew McCarthy 71. Brian Harris 72. Tristen Walker 74. Ricky Mott 75. Sam Cranage 76. Jared Poulton 77. Marty McGrath

Seventh round	80. Hugh Foott 81. David Johnson

Eighth round	83. Aaron James

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