years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1987-1996 richmond 1996 tony free lalbert football club 27 june 1969 tony free
 178cm / 79kg
tony free

tony free is a former australian rules footballer who played in the vfl/afl between 1987 and 1996 for the richmond football club .
he played one game in the 1987 season -lrb- wearing no. 49 -rrb- and then became a regular player from 1988 -lrb- wearing no. 30 -rrb- .
free captained the club for three seasons from 1994 and was appointed a director of the club in june 2008 .
in december 2013 , he became a life member of the club .
free 's career was cut short by a knee injury and he retired in 1996 .
his last game was against geelong in round 5 of 1996 .
