Nathan Foley (footballer)

Nathan Foley
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Foley
Date of birth	8 September 1985 (1985-09-08) (age 26)
Place of birth	Colac, Victoria
Original team	Colac / Geelong Falcons
Draft	3rd overall, 2003 Rookie Draft
Height/Weight	178 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	41
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2004–	Richmond	110 (33)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2008	Victoria	1 (1)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

Nathan Foley (born 8 September 1985) is an Australian rules football player. He plays as a midfielder for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Foley was drafted by Richmond using pick 3 in the 2003 AFL Rookie Draft, from the Geelong Falcons. He had a debut to remember as the Tigers were easily defeated by Melbourne in a game which saw Tigers star Nathan Brown break his leg under the impact of Demon defender Matthew Whelan.

In 2007, Foley had a break-out season, establishing himself as one of the AFL's best on-ballers. He was selected in a squad of 40 for the All Australian team, but missed out when the official 22 man team was released on 17 September 2007. He was runner-up in the Richmond Best and Fairest count, only one vote behind the winner.

In 2008, Foley was named as Richmond's deputy vice captain along with Chris Newman.

Channel Seven commentator Dennis Cometti often refers to Foley as 'Mick' Foley, because Cometti is an avid fan of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), with Mick Foley being a former famous wrestler for the WWE.

External links

• Nathan Foley (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

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Name	Foley, Nathan
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Date of birth	8 September 1985
Place of birth	Colac, Victoria
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