Clayton Collard (born 4 December 1988) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er. He plays as a midfielder or small forward and was selected by the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of ...

with selection 31 in the 2006 AFL National draft. He was rookie listed by the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

in the 2007 Rookie Draft at pick 1. In August 2008 he was delisted from the

. Collard spent the 2006 season playing for the South Fremantle Football Club in the

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

. He represented Western Australia in the national under-18 championships and is a graduate of the AIS/AFL academy. Clayton made his debut for the Fremantle Dockers against St Kilda in Round 9, 2007. This was extra special being the first game of the inaugural

Indigenous Round The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling ...

. He was given the opportunity due to good form in the WAFL for South Fremantle and Jeff Farmer, an idol and mentor of Collard, being suspended by Fremantle . On 22 October 2007 Clayton Collard was delisted by the Fremantle Football Club. He was then selected by

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in the 2008 Rookie draft, but was delisted at the end of the 2008 season, having spent the year playing for

Coburg Football Club The Coburg Football Club, nicknamed the Coburg Lions, is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It is based at Coburg City Oval since 191 ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), without making his debut for Richmond. After having a year away from football, in 2010 Collard returned to Western Australia and joined

Peel Thunder The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...

External links

Fremantle Football Club Bio
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References

Coburg Football Club players Fremantle Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club players 1988 births Living people Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Peel Thunder Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub