Tony Free (born 27 June 1969) is a former

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 who played in the

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between 1987 and 1996 for 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 ...

. He played one game in the 1987 season (wearing No. 49) and then became a regular player from 1988 (wearing No. 30). Free's career was cut short by a knee injury and he retired in 1996. His last game was against Geelong in round 5 of 1996. Free captained the club for three seasons from 1994 and was appointed a Director of the club in June 2008. In December 2013, he became a Life Member of the club. In 2019 Free was inducted into the Richmond 'Hall of Fame'.

References

Publications

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

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* 1969 births Living people Richmond Football Club players Prahran Football Club players Prahran Football Club coaches Jack Dyer Medal winners Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Victorian State of Origin players {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub