Tony Free | |
Birth Date: | 1969 6, df=yes |
Originalteam: | Lalbert Football Club |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Statsend: | 1996 |
Years1: | 1987–1996 |
Club1: | Richmond |
Games Goals1: | 133 (46) |
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Tony Free (born 27 June 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL between 1987 and 1996 for the Richmond Football Club. He played one game in the 1987 season (wearing No. 49) and then became a regular player from 1988 (wearing No. 30).[1]
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.[2] He 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.[3]
In 2019, Free was inducted into the Richmond 'Hall of Fame'.[4]