- Ricky Mott
Infobox afl player
firstname = Ricky
lastname = Mott
birthdate = Birth date and age|1981|4|21|df=y
birthplace =Western Australia
originalteam =South Fremantle Football Club
heightweight = 200cm / 108kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 31 March, 2002
debutteam =Sydney Swans
debutopponent =Brisbane Lions
debutstadium = SCG
playingteams =Sydney Swans (2002)17 games, 3 goals
Carlton (2004)
2 games, 0 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =Ricky Mott (born 21 April 1981) is a former
Australian rules football er in theAustralian Football League .Originally from country
Western Australia , he played for theKukerin /Dumbleyung Cougars and worked on a farm as a young man, following the sudden death of his father in 1998. He nominated for the 1999 and 2000AFL Draft s but was not selected.In 2001 he joined the
South Fremantle Football Club and was drafted by theSydney Swans late in the2001 AFL Draft (at pick 74). Due to injuries to favoured Swans ruckmenJason Ball andStephen Doyle early in the year, Mott made his debut in Round 1 of the 2002 season. [Sydney Morning Herald , [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/12/1018333418575.html Mott fights his way to top of the ruck] , April 13, 2002.]Despite a solid season in 2002, playing 17 matches, he soon fell out of favour when he turned up to a training session overweight. [
The Age , [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/24/1069522536188.html Pagan to give Mott his chance] , November 25, 2003.] He was then rookie listed by the Fremantle Dockers in 2003 without playing a game.Mott was given another chance at the
2003 AFL Draft , drafted by Carlton, but was delisted after only 2 games at the end of the 2004 season.In 2006 he won
Country All-Australian selection for Western Australia in theAus Country Championships and as part of an internet hoax, was touted as a possible recruit for theEssendon Football Club . [ [http://www.bomberblitz.com/news/2006/index-jul-dec.php?story=0013.php BomberBlitz] , August 17, 2006.]The Age , however, ran a story on this, falsely believing it to be true. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1714781.htm Media Watch] , transcript.]References
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