Richard Nixon (footballer)

Richard Nixon
Personal information
Full name	Richard James Nixon
Date of birth	29 October 1965
Date of death	31 January 1992 (aged 26)
Place of death	Millicent, South Australia
Original team(s)	Oakleigh
Height / weight	195 cm / 91 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987–1990	Richmond	37 (3)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1990.

Richard James Nixon (29 October 1965 – 31 January 1992) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

After playing his early football with Oakleigh in the VFA, Nixon came to Richmond where he would be used as a ruckman and utility. He spent four seasons with Richmond and after initially struggling to get games put together 13 appearances in both 1989 and 1990 under coach Kevin Bartlett.^[1]

He was captain-coach of the Warrnambool Football Club in 1991.^[2]

Nixon died on 31 January 1992, from injuries sustained in a road accident.^[2][3] He was one of seven occupants on a van which collided with a truck, near Millicent in South Australia, on their way to work on an oil rig.^[2]

References

1. "Richard Nixon". AFL Tables.
2. "Driver of fatal van read 0.055: court.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 22 July 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.