Mike Richardson (Australian footballer)

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Mike Richardson
Personal information
Full name Michael John Richardson
Date of birth (1959-03-16) 16 March 1959 (age 64)
Original team(s) Midvale
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1978–82, 1991–93 Swan Districts (WAFL) 139 (210) [1] [2]
1983–1986 Collingwood 060 (117)
1986 Essendon 015 0(14)
1987–1990 Brisbane Bears 081 0(43)
1994 West Perth (WAFL)007 00(6)
Total302 (390)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.
Career highlights
  • Premiership player (WAFL) 1982
  • WA State Team 1980-1985, 1992
  • All Australian 1983 [3]
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael John Richardson (born 16 March 1959) [4] is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club, Essendon Football Club and the Brisbane Bears in the AFL, and Swan Districts Football Club and West Perth Football Club in the WAFL throughout the late 1970s and early 1990s.

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Early career

Richardson began his career at Swan Districts in 1978 at an age of 19, he was regarded as a highly skilled fast placed roving forward or mid fielder. Richardson played as a rover in the 1982 Grand Final and was among the team's best players. He also topped the goal kicking list at Swan Districts that season with 75 goals. [5]

VFL/AFL career

He was recruited to Collingwood Football Club in 1983 and played a total of 60 games, kicking 117 goals, before leaving midway through the 1986 season to play for the Essendon football club. He remained at Essendon for the remainder of the 1986 season playing 15 games and kicking 14 goals. Richardson then joined the inaugural Brisbane Bears Team in the 1987 season [6] he played some of his best football at the club and held down many positions. He left at the end of the 1990 season after playing 81 games and kicking 43 goals to return to Swan Districts.

WAFL

He played another two seasons at Swans before leaving to play with West Perth for the 1994 season, having played 139 games and kicked 210 goals for Swans. [7] It was at West Perth that he brought up his 300th game, before he retired at the end of the season.

During his career, he played 302 premiership games and kicked 390 goals. He was selected in the Swan Districts Team of the Century on a half-forward flank.

Personal life

He is the twin brother of former Essendon and WAFL player Stephen Richardson. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Premiership Players 1931 - 2009". West Australian Football Commission.
  2. ↑ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
  3. ↑ "Full Points Footy – Michael Richardson". 2007. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Footy Stats – Oldest Players 1990". 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  5. ↑ "Swan Districts Football Club – Top Goal kickers". 2007. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  6. ↑ "Brisbane Lions Football Club – First game". 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "Swan Districts Football Club- All players". 2007. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  8. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
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