Paul Sproule

Paul Sproule
Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-12-16) 16 December 1944
Original team(s)	Hobart (TANFL)
Height/Weight	180cm / 77.5kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1968-1971 1972-1975 Total -	Essendon Richmond	060 0(60) 086 0(93) 146 (153)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1985	Richmond	22 (9-13-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975 season.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1973, 1974

Paul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985.

He also coached Sandy Bay from 1976 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1984 and Hobart from 1980 to 1981, both in his home state of Tasmania. His teams won premierships in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980.

References

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Greenberg, Tony (2012-10-25). "Top 20 Tiger trade pick-ups: No. 3". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
Paul Sproule's playing statistics at AFL Tables
Paul Sproule's coaching statistics at AFL Tables

Richmond Football Club 1973/74 VFL premiers

1973: Richmond 16.20 (116) defeated Carlton 12.14 (86), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1974: Richmond 18.20 (128) defeated North Melbourne 13.9 (87), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

4. Hart (c) 6. Sproule 7. Walsh 8. Clay 10. Sheedy 12. McGhie 15. Roberts 16. Wood 21. Balme 29. Bartlett 30. Bourke 37. Green 38. Morris 40. Keane

Coach: Hafey

Coaches of the Richmond Football Club

1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1937: Titus 1941–1952: Dyer 1941: Titus 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964: Harris 1964–1965: Smith 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1971: Howell 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–: Hardwick

Italics denote caretaker coach

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