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Ty Zantuck (born 15 February 1982) 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. He is the son of AFL footballer Shane Zantuck and the nephew of AFL brothers Arnold Briedis and Robert Briedis. He began his career at 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 ...
("the Tigers") after being drafted in 2000. In 2002, he finished ninth in the Richmond's best & fairest. In round 21 of the 2003 season Zantuck kicked five goals. In round 18 of the 2004 season against Collingwood he booted four goals. Zantuck was delisted at the end of 2005. Following his AFL career, Zantuck played local football for Kangaroo Flat in 2007, before joining
Heidelberg Football Club Heidelberg Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Heidelberg, Victoria, currently competing in the Northern Football League. History Established in 1876, Heidelberg Football Club is one of the oldest Australian rules football club ...
in Victoria's Northern Football League where he played in their 2008 premiership side. Zantuck then moved to former junior club Strathmore for the 2010 season. Ty Zantuck was diagnosed with suspected chronic traumatic encephalopathy in late 2021. He sued Richmond Football Club and two of its doctors for breaching their duty of care to him in the
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in 2023 for back injuries and the brain injury, sustained between 2000 and 2004.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zantuck, Ty Richmond Football Club players Essendon Football Club players 1982 births Living people Australian people of German descent Western Jets players Heidelberg Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Strathmore Football Club players Kangaroo Flat Football Club players