Clayton Collard
| Clayton Collard | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Clayton Collard | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft |
31st overall, 2006 File:FremantleDesign.jpg Fremantle 1st overall, 2007 Rookie Draft File:RichmondDesign.png Richmond | ||
| Height / weight | 182cm / 86kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward Pocket/Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | File:RichmondDesign.png Richmond | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Clayton Collard (born December 4, 1988) is an indigenous Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He plays as a midfielder or small forward and was selected by the Fremantle Football Club with selection 31 in the 2006 AFL National Draft. He now currently plays for the Richmond Football Club as a rookie listed player, after being selected in the 2007 Rookie Draft at pick 1.
Collard spent the 2006 season playing for the South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League. He represented Western Australia in the national under 18 championships and is a graduate of the AIS/AFL academy[1].
Clayton made his debut for the Fremantle Dockers against St Kilda in Round 9, 2007. This was extra special being the first game of the inaugural Indingenous Round[2]. He was given the opportunity due to good form in the WAFL for South Fremantle and Jeff Farmer, an idol and mentor of Collard, being suspended by Fremantle [3].
On 22 October 2007 Clayton Collard was delisted by the Fremantle Football Club.[4].
External links
- Fremantle Football Club Bio
- Clayton Collard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
References
- ^ Davini, Daniel (25 November, 2006). "Fremantle picks local talent". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Bousfield, Andrew (24 May, 2007). "Debut in Indigenous Round". Fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ AAP (24 May, 2007). "Collard to fill Farmer's boots in Dockers debut". The West Australian. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sportal (22 October, 2007). "Dockers dump five players". Sportal.com.au. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
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