Liam Pickering
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| Liam Pickering | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Liam Michael Pickering | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1968 | ||
| Original team(s) | Stawell | ||
| Height/Weight | 184 cm / 85 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1989–1992 1993–1999 Total |
North Melbourne Geelong |
22 (15) 102 (47) 124 (62) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999 season.
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Liam Michael Pickering (born 9 September 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.
His father, Michael Pickering, played for North Melbourne.[1]
Football career
He played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. He played 102 games with Geelong from 1993–1999, before his retirement from AFL football.[2] He was also a talented cricketer who played 171 matches for North Melbourne Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.[3][4]
Media and managing careers
At the end of his career, he became sports marketing manager for Fila.[2]
He is now a player manager for Strategic, looking after such Australian Football League (AFL) stars as Jay Schulz, Gary Ablett, Jr. and Jack Riewoldt.
He currently co-hosts a Saturday-morning radio show with Craig Hutchison and John "Dr.Turf" Rothfield called "Off The Bench" on Melbourne station SEN 1116.[5] He also appears regularly as a panelist on the Fox Sports programme "AFL Teams".[6]
References
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Carji Greeves Medal 1997 |
Succeeded by Peter Riccardi |
- Use dmy dates from September 2015
- Use Australian English from September 2015
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- 1968 births
- North Melbourne Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club players
- Carji Greeves Medal winners
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Stawell Football Club players
- Living people
- Victorian State of Origin players
