Matthew Nicks
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Matthew Nicks | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 13 May 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
Original team(s) | West Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
Debut | 14 April 1996, Sydney Swans v. Collingwood Magpies, at SCG |
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Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1996–2005 | Sydney Swans | 175 (125) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005 season.
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Career highlights | |||
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Matthew Nicks (born 13 May 1975) was an Australian Football League player. He was recruited from the West Adelaide Football Club to the Sydney Swans with the 21st selection in the 1994 AFL Draft.[1]
He made his debut in 1996 and over the next ten seasons played a total of 175 games. He retired from football in 2005 after prolonged struggles with injury and illness, including a broken leg in 1995,[2] pneumonia in 2000, a broken finger in 2001[3] and a stress fracture in his leg in 2005.
Nicks joined the Port Adelaide Football Club in 2011 as an assistant coach. From 2013 to 2015, he served as the club's backline coach. He is now currently serving as the forwards coach.[4]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Loyal Nicks forced to call it quits
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 483. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Matthew Nicks's statistics from AFL Tables
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