Kent Butcher | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Kent Butcher | ||
Date of birth | 5 November 1973 | ||
Original team(s) | Grovedale/Geelong | ||
Draft | 45th, 1993 Pre-Season draft | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1993–1995 | Collingwood | 22 (3) | |
1996 | Sydney Swans | 0 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Kent Butcher (born 5 November 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Butcher played both under-19s and reserves football for Geelong, but it was at Collingwood that he started his AFL career. In round eight of the 1994 season, the rebounding defender would receive a Rising Star nomination for his 20 disposal game against St Kilda on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]
An injury brought an end to his time at Collingwood and he was delisted, and was picked up by the Sydney Swans with the seventh selection of the 1996 Pre-season draft. [2] He didn't play a senior AFL game for the Swans. [1]
Butcher, a former Grovedale player, would move back to Geelong, where he played and coached. [3]
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