Nick Carter (footballer)

Carter began playing football for Golden Square as a junior.{{Ref AFL Encyc|7th|125}} He then played for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup.{{cite news|title=Who Your Club Selected|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+and+Carter+and+1995+and+Draft&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news951209_0296_5547|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=9 December 1995}} Carter played for the Victorian Country team at the 1995 AFL Under 18 Championships.

Carter was drafted by Fitzroy Football Club with the 20th selection in the 1995 AFL draft, with coach Michael Nunan stating the club was looking for "players with pace and finish to play in the midfield". Carter had an impressive first AFL season, debuting in round 6{{cite news|last=Reilly|first=Stephen|title=Fitzroy v Richmond|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+Fitzroy&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news960502_0195_8228|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=2 May 1996}} and remaining in the senior team for the rest of the season, playing 17 matches.{{cite news|last=Hinds|first=Richard|title=How your team shapes up: 16th – Fitzroy|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+Fitzroy&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news961005_0041_1285|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=5 October 1996}} He was nominated for the 1996 AFL Rising Star award in round 8.{{cite web|title=Rising Stars|url=http://www.lions.com.au/Club/history/brisbane-lions-history/rising-stars|publisher=Brisbane Lions|accessdate=4 September 2014}} Despite a good season personally, Fitzroy struggled both on the field, winning only one match for the whole season, and financially. Fitzroy's administrator at the time negotiated a deal with Brisbane Bears whereby at the end of the 1996 season, Fitzroy's AFL operations were taken over by the Bears, to form the Brisbane Lions.{{cite web|title=100 Years of Fitzroy|url=http://www.lions.com.au/fitzroy%20lions/tabid/5170/default.aspx|publisher=Brisbane Lions|accessdate=12 November 2010}}

Only eight Fitzroy players became Brisbane Lions players,{{cite news|last=Blake|first=Martin|title=Young Lion thriving in heat of competition|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+Fitzroy&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news970303_0174_0080|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=3 March 1997}} with the majority of the team coming from the Brisbane Bears list. Carter, however, was one of those eight players. In his two seasons with Brisbane, Carter only managed to play five games,{{cite news|last=Blucher|first=Peter|title=Johnson finds sanctuary in the Lions' den|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+Fitzroy&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=AGE040406OIM9N1EQ1I7|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=6 April 2004}} struggling to break into the senior side of a team with what Martin Blake described as "the best depth in the competition".

After struggling to gain a spot in the Brisbane senior team, Carter was traded to Melbourne at the end of the 1998 season{{cite news|last=Pearce|first=Linda|title=Lion's body of work worth the weight|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+Fitzroy&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=AGE03053139UKN0042H9|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=31 May 2003}} for the 45th draft pick in the 1998 AFL draft.{{cite news|title=The trading game: how your club fared|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+trade&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news981009_0084_7867|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=9 October 1998}} Carter only managed three games for the Demons and he was delisted at the end of the 1999 season.{{cite news|last=Connelly|first=Rohan|title=Left High & Dry|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+and+Carter+and+1995+and+Draft&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news991023_0172_9765|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=23 October 1999}} Carter nominated for the 1999 AFL draft,{{cite news|last=Denham|first=Greg|title=Royal set to leave Bulldogs for assistant coach job at Magpies|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+delisted&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news991015_0456_2825|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=15 October 1999}} but he was not selected, thereby ending his AFL career.

After failing to be picked up in the 1999 Draft, Carter began playing with the Bendigo Diggers in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played for Bendigo for eight seasons and was captain{{cite web|last=Carroll|first=Lynda|title=Players still involved|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/32808/default.aspx|publisher=Richmond Football Club|accessdate=9 January 2011|date=21 September 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103011/http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/32808/default.aspx|archivedate=19 July 2011}} and assistant coach of the club during that time. In 2003 Carter was Bendigo's best and fairest player for the season,{{cite web|title=Bendigo skipper takes the honours|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=2951|publisher=Essendon Football Club|accessdate=6 March 2011|date=30 September 2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923130850/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/a/BENDIGO-SKIPPER-TAKES-THE-HONOURS/2951|archivedate=23 September 2012}} his third win of the award in four seasons.{{cite news|title=Carter wins top honour|url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/other/carter-wins-top-honour/551928.aspx|accessdate=6 March 2011|newspaper=Bendigo Advertiser|date=30 September 2003}} Carter also regularly represented the VFL when playing against other state leagues, such as the SANFL and the WAFL.{{cite news|last=Booth|first=Ross|title=SA edges out Vics in thriller|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+Bendigo&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=SAG050522I830M36A35H|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=22 May 2005}}

Carter is currently the coach of the Golden Square Football Club,{{cite news|last=McNicol|first=Adam|title=Weeks a long time in football|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=age&page=1&kw=Nick+Carter+and+bendigo&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=SAG100718104VI3QQH5J|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 2010}}{{cite news|title=Club selects Team of Decade from Bendigo Diggers' and Bombers' finest|url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/football-australian-rules/club-selects-team-of-decade-from-bendigo-diggers-and-bombers-finest/1855495.aspx|accessdate=12 November 2010|newspaper=Bendigo Advertiser|date=11 June 2010}} the club he played junior football for.

Carter was named captain of the Bendigo Team of the Decade.{{cite web|title=Bendigo Diggers / Bendigo Bombers Team of the Decade|url=http://www.bendigobombers.com/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?article_id=339&nav_cat_id=-1&nav_top_id=-1|publisher=Bendigo Football Club|accessdate=12 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124223242/http://www.bendigobombers.com/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?article_id=339&nav_cat_id=-1&nav_top_id=-1|archivedate=24 November 2010}} Bendigo's best and fairest award is named the Carter Medal, in honour of his contributions to the club.{{cite web|title=Bendigo Bombers Best & Fairest – Carter Medal|url=http://www.bendigobombers.com/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?article_id=257&nav_cat_id=-1&nav_top_id=-1|publisher=Bendigo Football Club|accessdate=12 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707223209/http://www.bendigobombers.com/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?article_id=257&nav_cat_id=-1&nav_top_id=-1|archivedate=7 July 2011}} He became the first Bendigo player to play 100 games for the club.

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• [http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Nick+Carter Demon Wiki profile]

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