Ricky Jackson (born 19 June 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for

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in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Jackson tried out initially at Richmond but the rover was not wanted by the club due to his size. Despite this rejection, he had a successful career with Melbourne where he became a handy goal scorer and topped their goal-kicking in 1988 with 43 goals. Most notably he kicked five goals in Melbourne's Preliminary Final win over Carlton that year, although he went goal-less from the

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in their

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loss. A Victorian interstate representative, Jackson was picked up by Footscray in the 1991 AFL draft but did not break into their seniors. He represented Australia in the

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References

* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Ricky 1967 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Ormond Amateur Football Club players Australia international rules football team players