Liam Pickering | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Liam Michael Pickering | ||
Date of birth | 9 September 1968 | ||
Original team(s) | Stawell | ||
Height / weight | 184 cm / 85 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1989–1992 | North Melbourne | 22 (15) | |
1993–1999 | Geelong | 102 (47) | |
Total | 124 (62) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Liam Michael Pickering (born 9 September 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.
His father, Michael Pickering, played for North Melbourne.
He played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. He played 102 games with Geelong from 1993–1999, before his retirement from AFL football. He was also a talented cricketer who played 171 matches for North Melbourne Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.
At the end of his career, he became sports marketing manager for Fila.
He is now a player manager for Strategic, looking after such Australian Football League (AFL) stars as Jay Schulz, Gary Ablett, Jr. and Jack Riewoldt.
He currently co-hosts a Saturday-morning radio show with Craig Hutchison and John "Dr.Turf" Rothfield called "Off The Bench" on Melbourne station SEN 1116. He also appears regularly as a panelist on the Fox Sports programme "AFL Teams".