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Clayton Collard
	Clayton Collard
Personal information
Full name	Clayton Collard
Date of birth	4 December 1988 (age 21)
Place of birth	Western Australia
Recruited from	South Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	31st overall, 2006; Fremantle; 1st overall, 2007 Rookie Draft; Richmond
Height/Weight	182cm / 86kg
Position(s)	Forward Pocket/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	27
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics to end of 2007 season . ;

Clayton Collard (born 4 December 1988) is an indigenous Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He plays as a midfielder or small forward and was selected by the Fremantle Football Club with selection 31 in the 2006 AFL National Draft. He was rookie listed by the Richmond Football Club in the 2007 Rookie Draft at pick 1. In August 2008 he was delisted from the Richmond Football Club^[1].

Collard spent the 2006 season playing for the South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League. He represented Western Australia in the national under 18 championships and is a graduate of the AIS/AFL academy^[2].

Clayton made his debut for the Fremantle Dockers against St Kilda in Round 9, 2007. This was extra special being the first game of the inaugural Indingenous Round^[3]. He was given the opportunity due to good form in the WAFL for South Fremantle and Jeff Farmer, an idol and mentor of Collard, being suspended by Fremantle ^[4].

On 22 October 2007 Clayton Collard was delisted by the Fremantle Football Club.^[5].

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[edit] References

^ Full 2009 AFL lists
^ Davini, Daniel (25 November 2006). "Fremantle picks local talent". AFL.com.au. http://fremantlefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7009/Default.aspx?newsId=43944. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
^ Bousfield, Andrew (24 May 2007). "Debut in Indigenous Round". Fremantlefc.com.au. http://fremantlefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7009/Default.aspx?newsId=43944. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
^ AAP (24 May 2007). "Collard to fill Farmer's boots in Dockers debut". The West Australian. http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=12&ContentID=29644. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
^ Sportal (22 October 2007). "Dockers dump five players". Sportal.com.au. http://sportal.com.au/default.aspx/afl-news-display/dockers-dump-five-players-37644. Retrieved 2007-10-22.

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[0] Full 2009 AFL lists

[drafted-1] Davini, Daniel (25 November 2006). "Fremantle picks local talent". AFL.com.au. http://fremantlefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7009/Default.aspx?newsId=43944. Retrieved 2007-05-26.

[indig-2] Bousfield, Andrew (24 May 2007). "Debut in Indigenous Round". Fremantlefc.com.au. http://fremantlefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7009/Default.aspx?newsId=43944. Retrieved 2007-05-26.

[Boots-3] AAP (24 May 2007). "Collard to fill Farmer's boots in Dockers debut". The West Australian. http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=12&ContentID=29644. Retrieved 2007-05-26.

[delisted-4] Sportal (22 October 2007). "Dockers dump five players". Sportal.com.au. http://sportal.com.au/default.aspx/afl-news-display/dockers-dump-five-players-37644. Retrieved 2007-10-22.

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