Dean Rice

Dean Rice
Dean Rice
Children	Bailey Rice, Mitchell Rice, Xavier Rice
Full name
Personal information
Full name	Dean Rice
Nickname(s)	"Special Fried" / "Ricey"
Date of birth	17 March 1968 (age 56)
Original team(s)	Salesian College, Longwood
Draft	19th overall, 1994 Pre-season Draft
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club
1987–1993	St Kilda
1994–2001	Carlton
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Career highlights
	Carlton Premiership Player 1995;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dean Rice (born 17 March 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and St Kilda in the VFL/AFL. His uncle Colin captained Geelong.

Rice played in the 1985 Benalla & District Football League premiership with Longwood, who were coached by Dean's brother, Tony. Rice started his career in 1987 at St Kilda after being recruited from Salesian College via Longwood.

Plagued by injuries, he underwent two knee reconstructions at St Kilda. He was delisted by St Kilda and chosen as pick 19 by Carlton in the 1994 Pre-Season Draft, injuring his knee in his first game at Carlton and again requiring a reconstruction.^[1] Despite playing in the wing at St Kilda he found himself being pushed up forward. It was as a half forward that he helped Carlton to win the 1995 Grand Final, kicking one goal and getting 10 disposals. Later in his career he was used in defence and he retired in 2001.

Statistics

^[2]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
1987	St Kilda	37	20	2	4	188	109	297	69	29	0.1	0.2	9.4	5.5	14.9	3.5	1.5	2
1988	St Kilda	37	22	5	4	254	109	363	78	42	0.2	0.2	11.5	5.0	16.5	3.5	1.9	1
1989	St Kilda	37	22	4	1	236	89	325	67	40	0.2	0.0	10.7	4.0	14.8	3.0	1.8	5
1990	St Kilda	37	18	3	7	231	100	331	63	25	0.2	0.4	12.8	5.6	18.4	3.5	1.4	6
1991	St Kilda	37	23	21	20	290	126	416	94	38	0.9	0.9	12.6	5.5	18.1	4.1	1.7	1
1992	St Kilda	37	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	St Kilda	37	11	8	4	109	46	155	47	15	0.7	0.4	9.9	4.2	14.1	4.3	1.4	0
1994	Carlton	23	1	1	0	3	1	4	2	0	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0
1995†	Carlton	23	18	21	15	151	93	244	56	23	1.2	0.8	8.4	5.2	13.6	3.1	1.3	2
1996	Carlton	23	8	3	0	41	31	72	18	10	0.4	0.0	5.1	3.9	9.0	2.3	1.3	1
1997	Carlton	23	10	2	1	91	45	136	32	13	0.2	0.1	9.1	4.5	13.6	3.2	1.3	1
1998	Carlton	23	22	8	5	235	110	345	75	31	0.4	0.2	10.7	5.0	15.7	3.4	1.4	1
1999	Carlton	23	24	5	5	198	102	300	67	23	0.2	0.2	8.3	4.3	12.5	2.8	1.0	0
2000	Carlton	23	24	2	3	200	75	275	73	37	0.1	0.1	8.3	3.1	11.5	3.0	1.5	0
2001	Carlton	23	11	0	3	64	30	94	22	8	0.0	0.3	5.8	2.7	8.5	2.0	0.7	0
Career			234	85	72	2291	1066	3357	763	334	0.4	0.3	9.8	4.6	14.3	3.3	1.4	20

References

^ Johnson, Len (18 May 1995). "Dean Rice – Beating the pain barrier". The Age. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
^ Stephen Silvagni's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Dean Rice's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Blueseum Profile

[1] Johnson, Len (18 May 1995). "Dean Rice – Beating the pain barrier". The Age. Retrieved 20 January 2011.

[2] Stephen Silvagni's player profile at AFL Tables

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