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Ross Thornton | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 23 October 1956 | ||
Original team(s) | Camperdown | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Brisbane Lions (Director) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1980–1989 | Fitzroy | 146 (26) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ross Thornton (born 23 October 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1980s.
Thornton originally arrived at Fitzroy in 1975 but was unable to make the seniors so joined VFA club Prahran. He returned to Fitzroy in 1980 and became a regular fixture in their defence for the rest of the decade, usually occupying a back pocket from where he liked to run the ball up the ground. A personal highlight came in 1984 when he won Fitzroy's Best and fairest award.
In 2003 he was selected in Prahran's Team of the Century.
Thornton appeared on the second season of The Amazing Race Australia with his daughter Tarryn, and was eliminated in 8th place in Turkey on Episode 6.
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