Kent Butcher
Australian rules footballer
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Kent Butcher (born 5 November 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).
| Kent Butcher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kent Butcher | ||
| Born | 5 November 1973 | ||
| Original team | Grovedale/Geelong | ||
| Draft | 45th, 1993 Pre-Season draft | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1993–1995 | Collingwood | 22 (3) | |
| 1996 | Sydney Swans | 0 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Butcher played both under-19s and reserves football for Geelong, but it was at Collingwood that he started his AFL career. In round eight of the 1994 season, the rebounding defender would receive a Rising Star nomination for his 20 disposal game against St Kilda on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1]
An injury brought an end to his time at Collingwood and he was delisted, and was picked up by the Sydney Swans with the seventh selection of the 1996 Pre-season draft.[2] He didn't play a senior AFL game for the Swans.[1]
Butcher, a former Grovedale player, would move back to Geelong, where he played and coached.[3]
