Richard Champion
| Richard Champion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Richard Champion | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1968 | ||
| Original team(s) | Woodville (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 30, 1988 national draft | ||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1991–1996 | Brisbane Bears | 119 (37) | |
| 1997–2000 | Brisbane Lions | 64 (43) | |
| Total | 183 (80) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Richard Champion (born 14 April 1968 on Yorke Peninsula in Kadina, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) and South Australian National Football Leagues (SANFL).[1]
Originally from SANFL club
A solidly built and tough backman, Champion wore the number 1 guernsey for Brisbane and was a Bears stalwart through some of the club's darkest years, and he was a poster player in an era when the club had so few.
When the club moved from
When it became apparent that the Bears would make the finals for the first time in 1995, Champion openly wept, a sign of his endurance as a player through tough times.
Champion competed in the
In 1997 he was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Lions team following the Bears merger with Fitzroy.
He retired at the end of the 2000 AFL season after 183 AFL games.[1]
Post-football career
Champion is currently a television presenter and radio commentator in Brisbane and a local celebrity. He has presented TV’s The Great South East, the Lotto draw, and commentates the AFL for Triple M.
In 2006, he appeared in the television show
In additional to multiple singing performances on The Footy Show, Champion went on to front the classic rock supergroup The Filthy Animals after it was formed in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The band usually plays cover songs at corporate gigs; the band often features, among many others, Kerry Jacobson (Dragon, Mondo Rock, Ian Moss), Brett Williams (The Choirboys), and Glen Muirhead (Eurogliders, James Reyne Band).[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-74095-032-1.
- ISBN 9780521309868, retrieved 14 February 2023
- ^ "The Filthy Animals". Filthy Animals. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
External links
- Richard Champion's playing statistics from AFL Tables