Tony Woods
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Tony Woods is a former Australian rules football
er in the Australian Football League
who commenced his career with Fitzroy
in 1988. In 1992 he moved to Collingwood
, playing 18 games before moving to Hawthorn
in 1995. He finally became a valuable player in the 1996 season where he was a fine tagger
, although in 1997 he was involved in more attacking roles in the midfield.
In the 1998 season his media profile also soared with regular appearances and production work on The Footy Show
on the Nine Network
. He also reverted to a tagging role where he had further success culminating in second place in the 1999 Club Champion.
In the 2001 season he struggled but as many Hawks did, he lifted during the 2001 Finals Series and agreed to play one final year of AFL. However, 2002 was ruined by injury and Woods retired from AFL midway through the season.
Woods went on to work with the Gold Coast Football Club as it prepared to enter the AFL, before being appointed the AFL's first full time International Development Manager.
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 in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
who commenced his career with Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
in 1988. In 1992 he moved to Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, playing 18 games before moving to Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in 1995. He finally became a valuable player in the 1996 season where he was a fine tagger
Tagger
Tagger may refer to:* a method for doing part-of-speech tagging, or grammatical tagging, for example Brill tagger* Tag editor, software that supports editing metadata of multimedia file formats* A position in Australian rules football...
, although in 1997 he was involved in more attacking roles in the midfield.
In the 1998 season his media profile also soared with regular appearances and production work on The Footy Show
The AFL Footy Show
The Footy Show is a Logie Award winning Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates.This show, which is dedicated to the AFL and Australian rules football, made its debut on 24 March 1994 at the same time as the other version which relates to the NRL and rugby...
on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
. He also reverted to a tagging role where he had further success culminating in second place in the 1999 Club Champion.
In the 2001 season he struggled but as many Hawks did, he lifted during the 2001 Finals Series and agreed to play one final year of AFL. However, 2002 was ruined by injury and Woods retired from AFL midway through the season.
Woods went on to work with the Gold Coast Football Club as it prepared to enter the AFL, before being appointed the AFL's first full time International Development Manager.