Ted Richards (born 11 January 1983) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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and the

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in the

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(AFL).

AFL career

Richards was recruited from

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, with the 27th pick in the 2000 national draft. He made his senior debut in round 2,

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against

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and went on to play 33 games, before being traded to the

at the end of the 2005 season. In round 6,

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, he opposed Jonathan Brown, who was returning from a five-match suspension attained from the

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; Brown kicked eight goals in the game, but despite having only the first three of them kicked on him, Richards was subsequently dropped for the following round, not returning until round 16. It was his limited opportunities at the club which ultimately led to him being traded. He was traded to

in exchange for pick 19 and 50 and made his debut for them in the first round of

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, against his old club,

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. In the second quarter, coach Paul Roos assigned him onto

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, who had already kicked six first-quarter goals. The change paid dividends, as Richards kept his former leader goalless from the start of the second quarter until midway through the fourth. Despite this, his old club, Essendon, defeated his new club the Sydney Swans by 27 points, in what would be their only win for the first 16 rounds of the season.Bombers upset Swans - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
/ref> Later, he became a key contributor in the Swans' defence, occasionally moving forward if required. Richards played in the

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and put in a good effort. He was knocked unconscious in the final five minutes, and is said to have lost memory of parts of the game. In

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, he suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs when he collided with

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in the final 30 seconds of the loss against

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. He missed the rest of the season as a result, while Sydney missed the finals for the first time in seven years. He also was forced to travel back to Sydney by road. The following year Richards initially looked like he would struggle to win a consistent spot in the senior team. However an injury to

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provided a spot for him. His season was capped off with the Best Clubman Award. At the end of the year he completed a

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degree at the

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, and combined with his football career at the Sydney Swans he now works part-time in the banking industry whilst studying for a Master of Finance degree. After a particularly strong end to the 2010 season, he continued to play consistent football throughout the following season. He became the clubs undisputed best defender and would take on the top forwards around the AFL every week, rarely being beaten. Richards continued on his upward climb throughout the 2012 season; he was selected in the

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and was an integral part in Sydney winning the

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. He established himself as one of the best defenders in the competition and finished second in the Bob Skilton Medal. He retired at the end of the

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Education and Finance

While playing for the Swans, Richards completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of NSW and a Master of Applied Finance at Kaplan Professional, completing internships with

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and Airlie Funds Management alongside stockpicker John Sevior. Via his podcast "The Richards Report", Ted regularly discusses finance and investing themes with notable Australian influencers. The show has been a finalist at The Australian Podcast awards on multiple occasions. He credits his interest in finance to the book "One Up on Wall Street" by

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, which he received as a gift from his father at age 17.

Statistics

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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Ted 1983 births All-Australians (AFL) Living people Sydney Swans players Sydney Swans Premiership players Essendon Football Club players People educated at Xavier College Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sandringham Dragons players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players University of New South Wales alumni