Rodney Wright (Australian footballer)

Rodney Wright
Rodney Wright
Personal information
Full name	Rodney Wright
Date of birth	29 December 1960 (age 57)
Original team(s)	Olympic Youth Club
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1986.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated February 19, 2019

Rodney Wright (born 29 December 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos, the Kangas or North, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world. It is based at the Arden Street Oval in the inner Melbourne suburb of North Melbourne, Victoria, but plays its home matches at the nearby Docklands Stadium.

Melbourne Football Club Australian rules football club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club, playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). It is named after and based in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 913. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

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Rodney Wright's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 913. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.