Anthony "Tony" Thiessen (born 25 May 1942) is a former Australian rules football

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er who played with Melbourne

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, Carlton

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 and North Melbourne

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Thiessen was a key forward, recruited to Melbourne from Sandy Bay

Sandy Bay Football Club

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. He made seven appearances in the 1963 VFL season

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 and was then delisted, missing out on a chance to be part of Melbourne's 1964 premiership. After playing for Carlton in 1964, he was cleared to North Melbourne where he would be used as a midfielder. It was his only year at North Melbourne, which gave him the unusual distinction of having played with three separate clubs in a three season career. He also played with the Waverley Football Club

Waverley Football Club

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, in the Victorian Football Association

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.

James Thiessen

James Thiessen

James Thiessen is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Adelaide in the Australian Football League . His father Tony had played league football three decades earlier....

, his son, was a member of Adelaide's 1998 AFL premiership team.