Tim Rieniets 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 with Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Rieniets, a Wangaratta Rovers

Wangaratta Rovers Football Club

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 junior, was recruited by North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 and in two years with the club he only played Under-19s and reserves football.

He participated in Coburg's back to back premierships in 1988 and 1989, becoming the only person to win dual Norm Goss Memorial Medal

Norm Goss Memorial Medal

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s.

Carlton picked Rieniets up in the 1990 Pre-Season Draft

1989 VFL Draft

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 and he kicked a goal with his first kick in senior AFL football, against North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 at Princes Park. Used mostly as a ruck-rover or defender, Rieniets made 12 appearances in 1990. He played another 12 games in 1991 and averaged 18 disposals but lost his place in the team towards the end of the year.

Later in the 1990s he achieved the rare feat of playing in premiership teams at three separate clubs. He was a member of Werribee

Werribee Football Club

The Werribee Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club, based in Werribee, was formed in 1965 and currently plays in the Victorian Football League. Werribee was defeated by the Sandringham Football Club in the 2005 VFL Grand Final.-History:The Werribee Football Club...

's 1993 premiership side and played in Sandringham's 1997 grand final win.