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Nathan Drummond (born 19 January 1995) was a professional
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 five matches 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 ...
in the
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(AFL) during a four-year stint at the club between 2015 and 2018.


Early life and junior football

Drummond grew up in
Mooroopna Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...
, a Victorian country town 181 kilometers north of
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
. He played junior football with the local
Mooroopna Football Club The Mooroopna Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Cats'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the rural town of Mooroopna, Victoria. Former club journeyman Jake Whitford was banned from the club at the beginning of the ...
. He attended
Notre Dame College, Shepparton Notre Dame College is a dual-campus independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school located in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. The college is situated on two campuses: Knight Street Campus, that houses students in Year 7, 8, a ...
. As a teenager, Drummond moved to Melbourne to board at
Melbourne Grammar (Pray and Work) , established = 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation) , type = Independent, co-educational primary, single-sex boys secondary, day and boarding , denomination ...
on an AIEF Scholarship. He travelled home regularly though, including to player with the
Murray Bushrangers The Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in Victorian statewide under-18s competition, presently known as the NAB League, since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains on Norm Minns Oval. The team is coached by Mark ...
in the
TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victo ...
in 2013. He also played for the Victorian Country side that year, representing the team at 2013 National Championships. Despite strong form in his underage years, Drummond passed unselected through the national and rookie drafts in 2013. In 2014, he returned to the family home in country Victoria, taking up a part-time job at a sports store and playing again for the Bushrangers. Drummond ultimately won the club's best and fairest award for his performances that season. In addition, he played three matches with 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 ...
's VFL side that year. Drummond impressed at the 2014 draft combine, recording top three results in the repeat sprint, beep test, standing vertical jump, goalkicking and clean hands tests.


AFL career

Drummond was drafted by Richmond with the club's third pick and 52nd selection overall in the
2014 AFL draft The 2014 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2014 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed ...
. He made his debut in round 4, 2015 against the
Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...
. He was stretchered from the ground during the second quarter however, after injuring his right knee in a marking contest. The subsequent diagnosis of a severe
anterior cruciate ligament injury An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...
resulted in a season ending knee operation. Drummond returned to football in 2016 through the club's reserves side in the VFL. He made his return at AFL level in round 18 against at the
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
. He kicked his first career goal in the match, as well as recording 10 disposals. He was dropped from senior side following four consecutive matches however and would return to the VFL to play out his year with the reserves. Drummond finished the season with averages of 9.8 disposals and 4.5 tackles per game across his four appearances. In April 2017 Drummond suffered an injury to his knee while playing with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL. Subsequent scans revealed he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament again, though this time on his left knee. The injury would end his season prematurely for the second time in two years and kept him from playing AFL football that year. Drummond's second injury rehabilitation progressed faster than with his first knee reconstruction, having completing lengthy running drills by early December 2017. His summer also included a role change, with coaches shifting him into a hybrid forward-midfield position. Initial estimates had Drummond to return to full skills work by the first week of February with a return to full fitness and selection consideration in time for round 1 of the AFL season. He missed this deadline by one week however, making his return through a practice match in the VFL in late March. After five matches at the reserves level Drummond suffered a hamstring strain in a VFL match against . He missed three matches as a result of the injury before making his return to VFL football in early June. Later that month he suffered a re-occurrence of his earlier hamstring strain while completing a club training session. Drummond returned to training in July but suffered a third hamstring strain in the same location before he could make a return to match play. He spent the back-half of August on light training duties while club officials considered him some chance to return in time for the club's VFL finals series. Drummond's return to full fitness would come too late however, with the club's VFL season ended in the second round of the finals series following consecutive losses to and . He had managed just seven games at the reserves level and did not play an AFL match in 2018. Drummond was delisted at season's end, after a four-year stint at the club that included playing in five AFL matches.


Statistics

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Personal life

Drummond is of
Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
heritage. He is the great-grandson of Tom Drummond, who played in two premierships for Collingwood and captained the club, and the great-great grandson of
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, an Australian Aboriginal political activist and community leader.


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Nathan Drummond's statistics
from Footy Wire {{DEFAULTSORT:Drummond, Nathan Living people 1995 births Richmond Football Club players Murray Bushrangers players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) People educated at Melbourne Grammar School Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Sportspeople from Shepparton