Stephen Pirrie (born 23 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with

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, St Kilda and

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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). Pirrie, an Old Xaverian, started his career in the

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reserves. Both his father,

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, as well as his uncle,

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, had played league football for Hawthorn. His grandfather,

Richard Pirrie Richard Francis Pirrie (15 April 1879 – 15 September 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of James Pirrie (1832-1898), and Mary Pirrie (1844-1931), né ...

, had not only played VFL football with

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, but also had played VFA football with Richmond. Unlike his father, Pirrie never broke into the Hawthorn seniors and instead made his VFL debut with Richmond. A defender, he appeared in the final ten games of the 1982 home and away season for Richmond, but wasn't selected for the finals. Having not played a single VFL game in 1983 and after playing the opening round of the 1984 season for Richmond, Pirrie was traded to St Kilda, in return for

Jeff Dunne Jeffrey Dunne (14 May 1956 – 14 September 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played 102 games for St Kilda and Richmond in the top tier Victorian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s. Recruited from the North Ballarat Footba ...

. He was reported for misconduct during his final game for Richmond, in that he threw his mouthguard to hinder Footscray's full forward

Simon Beasley Simon Francis Beasley (born 26 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Leagu ...

, who kicked 11 goals. He was later found not guilty of the charge. He was only able to make seven appearances at his new club and in 1985 made his way to reigning premiers Essendon, where he played just once. He had a brief stint with

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in 1987, playing 2 games and scoring 8 goals.

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References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.

External links

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Stephen Pirrie, ''australianfootball.com''.

Steve Pirrie, ''The VFA project''.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirrie, Stephen 1961 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Richmond Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Old Xaverians Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players Living people

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