Jack Riewoldt is a professional Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er currently playing for Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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Early life

Riewoldt was born in Hobart, Tasmania to parents Chris and Lesley Riewoldt. He has two younger brothers, Harry and Charlie Riewoldt. He is the cousin of Nick Riewoldt

Nick Riewoldt

Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...

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Riewoldt played junior football for the Tassie Mariners

Tassie Mariners

The Tassie Mariners are an under-18 Australian rules football club representing the state of Tasmania. They currently play in the AFL National Under 18 Championships and also played in the TAC Cup from 1995 until 2002 when AFL Tasmania instead entered a senior side into the VFL....

 in the TAC Cup

TAC Cup

The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

. His local team was Clarence

Clarence Football Club

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos , is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.Before 1903, they existed as Bellerive Football Club....

 in Tasmania's

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

 SFL

Southern Football League (Tasmania)

The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...

. He wore the number seven guernsey and was a part of Clarence's

Clarence Football Club

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos , is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.Before 1903, they existed as Bellerive Football Club....

 premiership win in 2006. In the second Semi Final of that year, against arch-rivals Glenorchy

Glenorchy Football Club

The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:...

 at KGV Oval

KGV Oval

The KGV Oval is the home headquarters of the Glenorchy football and cricket clubs, as well as the Southern Football LeagueThe ground is a former TFL and now Tasmanian State League and also a Southern Football League finals venue....

, Riewoldt kicked an incredible 80 metre torpedo punt through for a goal on the three quarter time siren.

2007–2010

Riewoldt was selected by the Richmond Football Club at 13th pick in the 2006 AFL Draft

2006 AFL Draft

The 2006 AFL Draft is a recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League....

, highly rated by the Tigers as a key forward prospect.

His confidence grew in 2010 and he kicked a career best 10 goals in Round 12, 13 June 2010 against the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

. The haul included 5 first-quarter goals, with 4 of them in just 10 minutes, making it one of the best Richmond returns in a single quarter. He became the first player to kick 10 goals since 2007 (and the first Richmond player since Matthew Richardson

Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)

Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a retired professional Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Australian Football League...

 in 2004). Riewoldt joins Jonathan Brown, Stephen Milne

Stephen Milne

Stephen Milne is a professional footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...

, Mark Lecras

Mark LeCras

Mark LeCras is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010.-Early life:LeCras was born to...

 and Josh Kennedy as the only current AFL players to have recorded a double figure goal tally in a game.

To cap a magnificent breakout season, Riewoldt won the 2010 Coleman medal

Coleman Medal

The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

 for the AFL leading goalkicker. Four days after winning the Coleman Medal, Riewoldt secured the Jack Dyer Medal

Jack Dyer Medal

The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged Best and Fairest for the Richmond Football Club....

 as Richmond's best and fairest with 210 votes ahead of captain Chris Newman on 204 votes and Brett Deledio on 193 votes. He was also named the All Australian Full Forward for his amazing Coleman Medal winning season up forward.

In Round 21 2010, Jack won the Ian Stewart Medal

Ian Stewart Medal

The Ian Stewart Medal is an AFL award presented annually to the player judged best on field in games between the Richmond and St Kilda Football Clubs....

 against St.Kilda for his amazing performance, kicking 7 goals.

2011

Riewoldt has continued his good form on the back of his Coleman Medal, as at round 20, Riewoldt is second in the race for the Coleman behind Lance Franklin

Lance Franklin

Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...

. Already from 20 games this season, Jack Riewoldt sits on 54 goals and remains one of the power forwards of the AFL at only 22 years of age.

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