Tim Fleming (born 5 April 1978) is an

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er who played for the

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in early 2000s. He was picked up by the tigers with pick 41 in the 2002 AFL National Draft. Known as a hard, tough player, that worked hard. Fleming played 34 games before leaving the club when

Terry Wallace Terry Wallace (born 13 December 1958) is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach. As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships. After one season with ...

arrived. His career highlight is winning five AFL 9’s flags and the Byron Invitational with the Ballers, captained by his good mates Richard Jones and Pete Ockleshaw Fleming was involved in a controversial incident where St Kilda star Nick Riewoldt was knocked unconscious and carried from the ground. Before arriving at Richmond he played with

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, winning the last Carlton stand alone reserve best and fairest in 2002. Originally from Broadford where he played his junior football, along with

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, he later played for Old Xaverians FC winning 5 premierships before being drafted as mature recruit to Carlton FC. Fleming also played one year with South Adelaide Panthers in the

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coming runners up best and fairest. He returned to Old Xaverians FC to captain the club to a premiership in 2009. Fleming captained the

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on a number of occasions, leading the team to a narrow victory against the Eastern Football League in the 2009 Bush Fire Appeal exhibition match. Fleming more recently has represented the Malaysian Warriors Australian Rules Football Club within the AFL Asia competition during the 2015 season, with his debut against Jakarta Bintangs resulting in a 7-goal haul, of which he won best on field honours. Fleming is set to play a major part in the Warriors upcoming campaign to take out the

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in October 2015.

References

Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Richmond Football Club players Old Xaverians Football Club players 1978 births Living people {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub