Richard Lounder is a former 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 who played 4 games for the Richmond Football Club

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 Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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, kicking 5 goals.

Lounder was a big framed ruckman who had much hype being taken at number one of the 1987 National Draft

1987 VFL Draft

The 1987 VFL Draft was the second draft to provide recruitment opportunities to clubs participating in Australian rules football's elite Victorian Football League. Held after the end of the 1987 season, it consisted only of the National Draft itself....

. He made his debut on round 5 of the 1989 VFL season

1989 VFL season

-Notable events:* In Round 13, horrendous conditions at Windy Hill saw Essendon and Footscray play the lowest scoring game since the 1927 Grand Final, with the teams combining for only 6.15 ....

 kicking 4 goals against the Kangaroos, this would be his career highlight. His next 3 games and was not impressive at all and did not play the rest of the season. He never played again. He has been called the least successful number one draft pick in VFL/AFL

Australian Football League

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history.