- Rick Olarenshaw
Infobox afl player | firstname = Rick
lastname = Olarenshaw
birthdate = Birth date and age|1973|2|1|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam =Keilor
heightweight = 182cm / 80kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 3, 12 April 1993
debutteam = Essendon
debutopponent = Collingwood
debutstadium =Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Essendon (1993—98)77 games, 14 goals
Collingwood (1999—2000)
5 games, 0 goals
Kangaroos (2001)
1 game, 0 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =
*Essendon premiership side 1993Rick Olarenshaw (born 1 February 1973) is a former
Australian rules football er in theAustralian Football League .He is now a field commentator for
Network Seven Playing career
Essendon
Olarenshaw was recruited from Keilor in 1990 to the
Essendon Football Club , where he won the under-19sbest and fairest in 1991. He made his senior AFL debut in 1993 with the Bombers and enjoyed a quick rise that year. The left-foot wingman was an important player in the 1993 Bombers premiership side (known as the "Baby Bombers ").Over the following seasons he suffered numerous injuries, particularly to his rib and back. [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~brad/96/players/olarensh.htm Vicnet.net.au] and he went on to enjoy a good season in 1997.
Later career/trades
Olarenshaw was traded to Collingwood (instead of his preferred club, the Kangaroos) at the end of 1998 after agreeing to leave Essendon. Olarenshaw was disillusioned by the new surroundings at Collingwood, and suffered injuries which restricted him to just five (5) games with the club. [http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2005/10/07/1128562997141.html, "AFL's dark side", "
The Age ",Greg Baum , October 8, 2005.] At the end of 2000, he was traded to the Kangaroos, but managed only one (1) game before announcing his retirement in 2001.Post-playing career
Olarenshaw is the managing director and 50% owner of Athletes One. He trained and practised as a physiotherapist,in which capacity he is currently the field commentator for
Seven Network 's AFL coverage. [ [http://hnb.dhs.vic.gov.au/web/pubaff/medrel.nsf/0/49c984964b8c1c464a2567bd00007e91?OpenDocument&Click= Physio Focus at Victoria Park] ]Player/Manager
He went on to study finance post-grad and was head-hunted by the UK head office of
Athletes One to start up an Australian operation four years ago. His client list of 75 includes footballerJason Akermanis , cricketersMichael Hussey andDarren Lehmann , and athletesTamsyn Lewis andScott Martin also David Hussey. Fact|date=September 2007References
External links
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