Nick Pesch

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

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| name = Nick Pesch

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| fullname = Nick Pesch

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|6|25|df=y}}

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| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Woodville-West Torrens

| draftpick = 41st, 1993 Pre-Season draft

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 80 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1997

| years1 = 1994–1996

| club1 = Adelaide

| games_goals1 = 31 (15)

| years2 = 1997

| club2 = Melbourne

| games_goals2 = 4 (0)

| games_goalstotal = 35 (15)

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Nick Pesch (born 25 June 1974) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Adelaide Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Pesch, who played in the 1993 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL premiership team, made his AFL debut late in the 1994 AFL season and put together regular games in 1995, appearing 15 times.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/N/Nick_Pesch.html| title=Nick Pesch| publisher=AFL Tables}} During the 1995 season he kicked four goals in a match against Geelong. A rover, he was traded to Melbourne for Clay Sampson after struggling to have an impact in 1996.{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}} After one year at Melbourne, Pesch returned to Woodville-West Torrens and won their 'Best and Fairest' award in 1998. He is a member of the Woodville-West Torrens official 'Team of the Decade', on the interchange bench.{{cite web| url=http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx| title=Past Players P-Z (1–99 games)| publisher=Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227082324/http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx| archivedate=27 February 2011}}