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Troy Thompson Troy Thompson

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Friday, April 15 2005 @ 02:46 am ACST

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Born 1972 Swan Hill Victoria, grew up on a farm near Ultima 40kms west of Swan Hill, a small wheat farming town. Played junior football through to Senior Football in 1991 at Ultima. Attended Melbourne University, played a season at ROC in the West Gippsland FL 1992. 1994 Played with the University Blues in the VAFA, 1995 Played with Newlyn in the Central Highlands FL. In 1996 Returned to the Ammos with West Brunswick. Moved to Hong Kong mid 96 and played in the annual match there for the Big V vs Rest of Australia. 1997 work took me to Sydney where I played with the Maquarie University Kookaburras, where I was assistant coach to Jason Lehmann. 1998 working on the Gold Coast i played with the Burleigh Heads Bombers. 1999 saw me back in Melbourne playing with West Brunswick in the Ammos. In 2000 working in Savannah Georgia in the US I played with the Atlanta Kookaburras. Coming back to Australia in 2001 I again returned to West Brunswick and retired from playing there in 2006 (am now a life member at the club). In 2003 I completed my Level 1 coaching accreditation. I coached the WBAFC Reserves team in 2003 and 2004, and served as a club umpire for many years. Coached juinior girls footy at Darebin Falcons 2017-2021, and assistant coach in 2022. AFL Accredited Journalist 2017- Current.

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