Liam Pickering
| Liam Pickering | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Liam Michael Pickering | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1968 | ||
| Original team(s) | Stawell | ||
| Height / weight | 184 cm / 85 kg | ||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Liam Michael Pickering (born 9 September 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.
His father, Michael Pickering, played for North Melbourne.[1]
Football career
He played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. He played 102 games with Geelong from 1993–1999, before his retirement from AFL football.[2] He was also a talented cricketer who played 171 matches for North Melbourne Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.[3][4]
Media and managing careers
At the end of his career, he became sports marketing manager for Fila.[2]
He is now a player manager for Strategic, looking after such Australian Football League (AFL) stars as Jay Schulz, Gary Ablett, Jr. and Jack Riewoldt.
He currently co-hosts a Saturday-morning radio show with Craig Hutchison and John "Dr.Turf" Rothfield called "Off The Bench" on Melbourne station SEN 1116.[5] He also appears regularly as a panelist on the Fox Sports programme "AFL Teams".[6]
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ a b Liam Pickering - Saxton Speaker Bureau - Speaker Details
- ^ The Liam Pickering Fact File
- ^ "Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2011-12" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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