Ted Richards

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Ted Richards
Personal information
Full name	Ted Richards
Date of birth	(1983-01-11)11 January 1983
Original team(s)	Sandringham Dragons(TAC Cup)/Xavier College
Draft	No. 27,2000 national draft
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–2005	Essendon	033 (19)
2006–2016	Sydney	228 (15)
Total		262 (34)
1Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
AFL Premiership:2012 All-Australian team:2012 AFL Rising Starnominee:2003
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com

Ted Richards(born 11 January 1983) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballerwho played for theEssendon Football Cluband theSydney Swansin theAustralian Football League(AFL).

AFL career

Richards was recruited fromXavier CollegeandSandringham Dragonswith the 27th pick in the2000 national draft.He previously played community football forEast Sandringham ZebrasandHampton Rovers.

He made his senior debut in round 2,2002againstRichmondand went on to play 33 games, before being traded to theSydney Swansat the end of the2005 season.

In round 6,2005,he opposedJonathan Brown,who was returning from a five-match suspension attained from the2004 AFL Grand Final;Brown kicked eight goals in the game,but despite having only the first three of them kicked on him, Richards was subsequently dropped for the following round, not returning until round 16.It was his limited opportunities at the club which ultimately led to him being traded.

He was traded toSydney Swansin exchange for pick 19 and 50 and made his debut for them in the first round of2006,against his old club,Essendon.In the second quarter, coachPaul Roosassigned him ontoMatthew Lloyd,who had already kicked six first-quarter goals. The change paid dividends, as Richards kept his former leader goalless from the start of the second quarter until midway through the fourth.Despite this, his old club, Essendon, defeated his new club the Sydney Swans by 27 points, in what would be their only win for the first 16 rounds of the season.Later, he became a key contributor in the Swans' defence, occasionally moving forward if required.

Richards played in the2006 AFL Grand Finaland put in a good effort. He was knocked unconscious in the final five minutes,and is said to have lost memory of parts of the game.

In2009,he suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs when he collided withBrendan Fevolain the final 30 seconds of the loss againstCarltonatEtihad Stadium.He missed the rest of the season as a result, while Sydney missed the finals for the first time in seven years. He also was forced to travel back to Sydney by road.

The following year Richards initially looked like he would struggle to win a consistent spot in the senior team. However an injury toCraig Boltonprovided a spot for him. His season was capped off with the Best Clubman Award. At the end of the year he completed aBachelor of Commercedegree at theUniversity of New South Wales,and combined with his football career at the Sydney Swans he now works part-time in the banking industry whilst studying for a Master of Finance degree.

After a particularly strong end to the2010 season,he continued to play consistent football throughout the following season. He became the clubs undisputed best defender and would take on the top forwards around the AFL every week, rarely being beaten.

Richards continued on his upward climb throughout the2012 season;he was selected in theAll-Australian teamand was an integral part in Sydney winning the2012 AFL Grand Final,during which he keptLance Franklinto three goals, despite being hampered by an ankle injury.He established himself as one of the best defenders in the competition and finished second in theBob Skilton Medal.

He retired at the end of the2016 AFL season.

Education and Finance

Richards grew up inSandringhamand completed his secondary school education in 2000 atXavier CollegeinKew.From years 5-8 he attended Xavier’sKostka Halljunior campus inBrighton.

While playing for the Swans, Richards completed aBachelor of Commerceat theUniversity of NSWand a Master of Applied Finance atKaplan Professional,completing internships withCitigroupand Airlie Funds Management alongside stockpicker John Sevior. Via his podcast "The Richards Report",Ted regularly discusses finance and investing themes with notable Australian influencers. The show has been a finalist at The Australian Podcast awards on multiple occasions.

He credits his interest in finance to the book "One Up on Wall Street" byPeter Lynch,which he received as a gift from his father at age 17.

Statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2002	Essendon	20	4	0	3	4	6	10	3	2	0.0	0.5	2.0	3.0	5.0	1.5	1.0
2003	Essendon	20	3	9	2	43	17	60	16	9	0.9	0.5	4.3	1.7	6.0	1.6	0.9
2004	Essendon	20	16	7	2	32	44	76	25	9	0.6	0.2	2.9	4.0	6.9	2.3	0.8
2005	Essendon	20	22	3	1	42	51	93	33	10	0.3	0.2	4.2	5.1	9.3	3.3	1.0
2006	Sydney	25	21	4	0	131	101	232	86	29	0.2	0.2	5.7	4.4	10.1	3.7	1.3
2007	Sydney	25	25	2	3	175	98	273	111	42	0.1	0.2	7.6	4.3	11.9	4.8	1.8
2008	Sydney	25	18	4	2	185	174	359	154	32	0.2	0.1	7.7	7.3	15.0	6.4	1.3
2009	Sydney	25	16	1	4	129	135	264	94	36	0.1	0.3	8.1	8.4	16.5	5.9	2.3
2010	Sydney	25	14	1	3	94	104	198	77	26	0.1	0.2	6.7	7.4	14.1	5.5	1.9
2011	Sydney	25	23	0	1	202	110	312	107	47	0.0	0.0	8.8	4.8	13.6	4.7	2.0
2012	Sydney	25	18	0	2	198	160	358	125	51	0.0	0.0	7.9	6.4	14.3	5.0	2.0
2013	Sydney	25	25	1	0	190	156	346	98	40	0.0	0.0	7.6	6.2	13.8	3.9	1.6
2014	Sydney	25	25	0	2	192	151	343	117	40	0.0	0.1	7.7	6.0	13.7	4.7	1.6
2015	Sydney	25	22	0	2	141	136	277	86	39	0.0	0.1	6.4	6.2	12.6	3.9	1.8
2016	Sydney	25	8	2	2	46	32	78	31	5	0.3	0.3	5.8	4.0	9.8	3.9	0.6
Career			260	34	36	1804	1475	3279	1163	417	0.1	0.1	6.9	5.7	12.6	4.5	1.6

External links

• Ted Richards's profileon the official website of the Sydney Swans
• Ted Richards's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables
• Hutton, Dan (30 March 2011)."Ted Richards: Swanning about in Tamarama".