Justin Pickering
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Justin Pickering
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|08|02|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Glen Waverley{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 80 kg
| position =
| years1 = 1988–1991
| club1 = {{AFL Ric}}
| games_goals1 = 59 (54)
| years2 = 1992
| club2 = {{AFL Foo}}
| games_goals2 = 0 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Justin Pickering is a former Australian rules footballer notable for playing for {{AFL Ric}} in the Australian Football League (AFL). His brother, Michael, also played for Richmond.
Career
=Juniors=
Pickering played for Glen Waverley in the Waverley Junior Football Association (WJFA) and was an under-10s and under-12s best-and-fairest winner, as well as an under-15s premiership captain.{{efn|Glen Waverley's official history claims it was Michael Pickering, the brother of Justin, who played for the club.{{cite web |title=Club History |url=https://glenwaverleyfnc.com.au/public/pages/club-history |publisher=Glen Waverley Football Netball Club |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926071958/https://glenwaverleyfnc.com.au/public/pages/club-history |archive-date=26 September 2024}} However, others sources indicate Michael Pickering in fact possibly played for Mount Waverley Juniors, not Glen Waverley.{{cite web |title=Michael Pickering |url=https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Michael+Pickering |publisher=Tigerland Archive |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412110238/https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Michael+Pickering |archive-date=12 April 2024}} Demonwiki also notes that Michael Pickering "may not have played for Mount Waverley, but only lived there".{{cite web |title=Michael Pickering |url=http://demonwiki.org/Michael+Pickering |publisher=Demonwiki |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420044617/http://demonwiki.org/Michael+Pickering |archive-date=20 April 2024}} It is known that Michael Pickering played for the Vermont Football Club shortly before he was recruited by {{AFL Ric}}.{{cite web |title=Welcome back, 'Pickers' |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/253214/welcome-back-pickers |publisher=Richmond Football Club |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317232025/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/253214/welcome-back-pickers |archive-date=17 March 2024 |date=22 August 2019}}}}{{cite web |title=Justin Pickering |url=https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Justin+Pickering |publisher=Tigerland Archive |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128044050/https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Justin+Pickering |archive-date=28 November 2021}}
=AFL=
Pickering made his debut for {{AFL Ric}} in Round One of the 1988 VFL season and played 22 matches in his debut season. He followed this up with 18 games during the 1989 season. The following two seasons he played a total of 18 matches to have a total 59 senior matches at the end of the 1991 AFL season.{{cite web | url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Justin_Pickering.html | title=Justin Pickering | work=AFL Tables | accessdate=21 November 2013}}
Pickering was drafted by {{AFL Foo}} at selection 58 in the 1991 AFL Draft, however he never played a senior match for the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.mm.afl.com.au/portals/0/afl_docs/development/draft/draftees_86_09.xls |title=All AFL & rookie draft selections: 1986 - 2009 |publisher=Australian Football League |accessdate=21 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205114616/http://mm.afl.com.au/portals/0/afl_docs/development/draft/draftees_86_09.xls |archivedate= 5 December 2013 }}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables | J/Justin_Pickering }}
- {{AustralianFootball | justin+pickering/12536 }}
{{1991 AFL national draft}}
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