Trent Cummings
| Trent Cummings | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Trent Cummings | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1973 | ||
| Original team(s) | Central District | ||
| Draft | 6th, 1993 AFL Draft | ||
| Height / weight | 182 cm / 84 kg | ||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Trent Cummings (born 28 December 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Cummings, the third member of his family to play for Fitzroy, was seen mostly on a wing or at half forward. His great-grandfather, Joe Johnson, was a Fitzroy footballer and credited with being the first Indigenous Australian to play in the Victorian Football League. An elder brother, Robert Cummings, also played for Fitzroy and their father, Percy, was a Hawthorn player.[1]
The sixth selection of the 1993 AFL Draft, Cummings spent three seasons with Fitzroy and despite making 27 appearances he only played in three wins.[2] As a consequence of on and off-field troubles, Fitzroy ceded its AFL operations to Brisbane Bears at the end of 1996. Cummings didn't make the new Brisbane Lions squad, but was secured by the West Coast Eagles with pick 57 in the national draft, despite having recently undergone a knee reconstruction.
He played just two games at his new club in 1997 and instead spent most of the year in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) with Peel Thunder. A knee injury, sustained in a practice match during the 1998 pre-season, ended his league career.[3]
In 2003 he sued both the Eagles and Subiaco Oval authorities for loss of earning, and received a six figure settlement.[4]
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Trent Cummings". AFL Tables.
- ^ "20 Trent Cummings". West Coast Eagles official website.
- ^ Courier Mail, "Lions' Scott Harding may sue over drop-in centre wicket", 20 July 2008, Damien Stannard