Greg Tivendale
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Greg Tivendale was a former Australian rules football
Australian rules football
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er in the Australian Football League
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Recruited from the Gippsland Under 18s & Rythdale-Officer-Cardinia Football Club, Tivendale debuted in 1998 with the Richmond Football Club
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 and was noted for talents including his long-kicking and long-range goals of his left boot.

He is studying part-time for a Diploma of Building at Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
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In Round 20, 2006, as the Tigers defeated Carlton
Carlton Football Club
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by 45 points, Tivendale was awarded the second Terry Wallace Medal for best afield in Richmond's tenth win for the season.

In 2008, Greg was informed he was not a required player for the 2009 season by the Richmond Football Club, and was given a farewell game in the last game of the 2008 season against Melbourne (Round 22). Greg told media at the time that he was considering electing for the 2008 AFL Pre-Season draft.

On Friday 31 November 2008, It was announced Greg Tivendale had signed for his junior club, the Rythdale-Officer-Cardinia (R.O.C) Football Club, as a player for the 2009 season in the Casey-Cardinia Football League, a division of the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.

Greg Tivendale ended his AFL career after 188 games and kicking 125 goals in an 11-year stint at Richmond.
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