Ty Vickery

Ty Vickery

Vickery training with Richmond in 2009
Personal information
Full name Tyrone Vickery
Date of birth (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990
Place of birth Melbourne
Original team(s) Haileybury
Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 8, 2008 national draft
Height / weight 200 cm / 98 kg
Position(s) Forward / ruck
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009–2016
2017–
Total		 Richmond
Hawthorn		 119 (158)
000 00(0)
119 (158)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Tyrone "Ty" Vickery (born 31 May 1990) is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Richmond Football Club from 2009 to 2016. He is the son of former Collingwood player John Vickery.[1]

Junior career

As a junior, Vickery played for Sandringham in the TAC Cup. At age 17 and when completing his second last year at Haileybury College, he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament when his right knee collapsed under a tackle.[1] He faced ten months away from football but returned to represented the Victorian Metro side in the Under-18 National Championships where he won All-Australian selection.[1]

AFL career

Richmond (2009–2016)

Vickery with Richmond in 2009

Vickery was drafted by the Richmond Football Club with the eighth overall pick in the 2008 National Draft and made his AFL debut in round 12 of the 2009 AFL season.[2][3] He went on to play 23 games across his first two seasons, kicking eight goals.[4]

In 2011, Vickery was shifted to a full time forward role. He played every game for the season and kicked 35 goals, placing second in the club's goal kicking tally. He also received the Kevin Bartlett medal for a fifth placed finish in the club's best and fairest award.[5]

An injury received in pre-season cruelled his 2012 campaign, limiting him to only nine games.[4]

In 2013 however, he played 21 games and kicked 27 goals, again placing second in club's goal kicking.[6] In the Tigers' round 14 matchup against St Kilda, his 18 disposal, 11 mark and one goal performance won him best-afield honours and the Ian Stewart Medal.[7] Vickery also played in Richmond's first final in 12 years and booted two goals on the day.[4]

He played just 12 games in 2014 as competition came from fellow Tiger, Ben Griffiths for the second key-forward role in Richmond's game structure.[4][8] In round 18 2014, Vickery stuck and concussed West Coast ruckman Dean Cox in a boundary-side ruck contest. He was suspended for four weeks by the AFL Tribunal and offered a public apology for the incident.[9]

In 2015, Vickery found himself again in favour with coach, Damien Hardwick who began frequently playing him alongside both Ben Griffiths and former Coleman Medallist, Jack Riewoldt.[8] He kicked a career high six goals in the Tigers' 91 point victory over Collingwood in round 21. Vickery finished the season with 31 goals across 15 games, second at the club behind Riewoldt.[10]

Despite a relatively strong start to season 2016, Vickery would play just six of the club's final 11 games. Over the period he struggled to impact the game outside of his goal-scoring work, averaging only eight disposals per game. His final game, a two goal performance, came in round 21 against Geelong.[4] After 119 matches and 158 goals with Richmond, he announced he would be exploring his options as a restricted free agent.[11]

Hawthorn (2017–)

In October 2016, Vickery joined Hawthorn as a restricted free agent after Richmond announced they would not match the contract offer.[12]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[13]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
Totals Averages (per game)
2009 Richmond 29 9 5 1 22 56 78 22 17 79 0.6 0.1 2.4 6.2 8.7 2.4 1.9 8.8
2010 Richmond 29 14 3 3 37 76 113 25 30 122 0.2 0.2 2.6 5.4 8.1 1.8 2.1 8.7
2011 Richmond 29 22 36 19 135 117 252 95 39 156 1.6 0.9 6.1 5.3 11.5 4.3 1.8 7.1
2012 Richmond 29 9 7 5 41 32 73 21 21 59 0.8 0.6 4.6 3.6 8.1 2.3 2.3 6.6
2013 Richmond 29 21 27 19 157 105 262 116 33 167 1.3 0.9 7.5 5.0 12.5 5.5 1.6 8.0
2014 Richmond 29 12 23 10 80 47 127 46 27 81 1.9 0.8 6.7 3.9 10.6 3.8 2.3 6.8
2015 Richmond 29 15 31 9 108 50 158 73 23 85 2.1 0.6 7.2 3.3 10.5 4.9 1.5 5.7
2016 Richmond 29 17 26 15 90 51 141 68 34 37 1.5 0.9 5.3 3.0 8.3 4.0 2.0 2.2
Career 119 158 81 670 534 1204 466 224 786 1.3 0.7 5.6 4.5 10.1 3.9 1.9 6.6

Honours and achievements

Personal life

Vickery married Russian-born and naturalised-Australian professional tennis player Arina Rodionova in December 2015.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Edmund, Sam (24 November 2008). "Try, Tyrone Vickery Again".
  2. ↑ "2008 AFL National Draft". Footy Wire. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ty Vickery". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ty Vickery". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ↑ McNicol, Adam (13 September 2011). "Cotchin named top Tiger". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "2013 Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ian Stewart Medal up for grabs". Richmond FC. Bigpond. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 Phelan, Jennifer (3 May 2015). "A positive step for Vickery". Richmond FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ty Vickery receives four-week suspension for Dean Cox punch in Richmond-West Coast AFL clash". ABC. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "AFL Goalkickers Total Statistics for Season 2015". Footywire. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Nicholson, Larissa (1 September 2016). "AFL trades 2016: Richmond Tiger Ty Vickery offered Hawthorn deal: report". Fairfax. The Age. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Tyrone Vickery officially joins Hawthorn, Richmond don't match free agency offer". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ty Vickery". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  14. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-3366847/Arina-Rodionova-wins-Australian-Open-wild-card-qualifier-11am-marries-Aussie-Rules-player-Ty-Vickery-five-hours-later.html

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