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**Ted** **Richards**
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Personal information
Birth	11 January 1983 (age 26)
Recruited from	Xavier College / Sandringham U18
Height and weight	194cm / 96kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 2, 5 April 2002, Essendon vs. Richmond, at M.C.G.
Team(s)	Essendon (2002-2005) 33 games, 19 goals Sydney Swans (2006-) 70 games, 10 goals
	¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season
Career highlights
	; Essendon NAB AFL Rising Star nominee 2003;

Ted Richards(born 11 January 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He was recruited as the number 27 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Xavier College. He made his debut for Essendon in Round 2, 2002 against Richmond. and played for Essendon until the end of the 2005 season.

At the end of the 2005 season he told the Essendon Football Club that he wanted to be traded so therefore He was traded to the Sydney Swans in exchange for pick No. 19 and 50. He made his debut for the Sydney Swans in Round 1, 2006, ironically against his former teammates at Essendon. After a disastrous opening quarter for the Swans (despite having kicked the first goal) in which Leo Barry had six goals slammed against him, coach Paul Roos gave the Lloyd job to Richards. The change paid dividends, as Richards restricted his former leader to no goals in the second quarter. In 2006 he has become a regular member of the Swans' forward line.

On September 30, 2006, Richards played in the AFL Grand Final and put in a good effort for the Sydney Swans. In the game, he was knocked unconscious in the final five minutes and is said to have lost memory of parts of the game.

[edit] External links

Ted Richards profile on the Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club
Ted Richards's statistics from AFL Tables