Noel Carter | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Noel William Carter | ||
Date of birth | (1955-02-09)9 February 1955 (age 70) | ||
Original team(s) | Ulverstone | ||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
Ulverstone | 44 (?) | ||
1973–1977 | Richmond | 50 (55) | |
1978–1985 | South Fremantle | 155 (317) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Tasmania | 7 | ||
1981 | WA | 2 (5) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com |
Noel Carter (born 9 February 1955) is a formerAustralian rules football player who played in theVictorian Football League (VFL) between 1973 and 1977 for theRichmond Football Club. He also played 155 games in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL) for theSouth Fremantle Football Club between 1978 and 1985.
At age 17 he was recruited by Richmond fromUlverstone Football Club in theNorth West Football Union, where he had won theirbest and fairest award in 1972.[1] He played five senior games for Richmond in his debut season, including the preliminary and grand final, being a member of the1973 VFL Grand Final winning team.
After 50 games over 5 seasons for Richmond, Carter moved to South Fremantle in 1978, being named captain from 1979 to 1982. After losing the1979 WAFL Grand Final to East Fremantle, he was victorious in the1980 WAFL premiership, in a year when he also led the team's goalkicking and won the club'sbest and fairest, an award he won again in 1984. He captained theWestern Australian state side in 1981 and captained South Fremantle again in 1985. In total he played nine state games for WA and Tasmania.[2]
He was awarded life membership of the South Fremantle Football Club in 1985. He was inducted into theSouth Fremantle Football Club Hall of Fame in 2011.
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