Ricky Petterd

Personal information
Birth	24 July 1988 (1988-07-24) (age 21), Hobart, Tasmania[1]
Recruited from	Broadbeach Football Club
Height and weight	185cm / 78kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 5, 2007, Melbourne vs. Sydney Swans, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Melbourne (2007-) 11 games, 6 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season
Career highlights
Harrison Medal 2006 AFL Rising Star nomination 2007 Harold Ball Memorial Trophy 2007

Ricky Petterd (born 24 July 1988 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Taken at pick #30 in the 2006 AFL Draft by the Melbourne Demons, the talented state representative footballer from Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland took very little time to debut at senior level. He racked up 22 disposals in the midfield and featured in the Demons best list in his first game at AFL level in Round 5.

He followed up his first game performance with an AFL Rising Star nomination in Round 6.

Against Carlton in Round 14, Petterd had a bizarre and season ending injury. He collapsed during the game and could not breathe. The trainers, having little time to wait for a paramedic, punctured his lung, effectively saving his life. He was rushed to hospital and in recovery doctors discovered that the episode was due to a burst cyst.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Ricky Petterd
2. ^ Youngster needs lung surgery

[edit] External links

• Ricky Petterd profile on the Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club
• Ricky Petterd's statistics from AFL Tables