Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks
Matthew Nicks
Personal information
Birth 13 May 1975 (1975-05-13) (age 36), Adelaide, South Australia
Recruited from West Adelaide (SANFL)
Playing career¹
Debut 14 April 1996, Sydney Swans v.
Collingwood Magpies, at SCG
Team(s)

Sydney Swans (1996–2005)

175 games, 125 goals

¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights

Matthew Nicks (born 13 May 1975) is a South Australian 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.

References

  1. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed (2005). AFL Record 2005: Guide to Season. p. 416. ISBN 0-9580300-6-5. 
  2. ^ Loyal Nicks forced to call it quits
  3. ^ 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.

External links

Matthew Nicks's statistics from AFL Tables



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