Max Richardson

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Max Richardson
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-12-24) 24 December 1948 (age 69)
Original team(s) South Fremantle (WANFL)
Debut Round 5, 1969, Collingwood
vs.  St Kilda, at Moorabbin Oval
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1969–1978 Collingwood 211 (158)
1979–1980 Fitzroy 030 0(41)
Total241 (199)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Max Richardson (born 24 December 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club during the 1970s before finishing his career at Fitzroy Football Club.

Collingwood Football Club Australian rules football club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.

Fitzroy Football Club Australian rules football club

The Fitzroy Football Club, nicknamed the Lions or the Roys, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. The club experienced some early success in the league and was the first club to win a VFL Grand Final. It also achieved a total of eight VFL premierships between 1898 and 1944, and more recently three VAFA promotions in 2009, 2012 and 2018.

The younger brother of Wayne, Collingwood recruited Richardson from Western Australian Football League club South Fremantle and went on to captain the club in 1977. He usually played as a ruck rover or on the half back line.

Wayne Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). It was formed in 1900 and plays its home games at Fremantle Oval.


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