1. Connor Menadue was born on 19 September 1996 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League, having previously played for 39 AFL matches over a five-year tenure with the Richmond Football Club.
Connor Menadue was drafted by Richmond in the second round of the 2014 national draft and made his debut in round 7 the following season.
Connor Menadue spent his teenage years in Seabrook in Melbourne's south-west.
Connor Menadue played junior football with Altona Junior Football Club before crossing over to play with Spotswood in the Western Region Football League in 2012.
In 2013 Connor Menadue played TAC Cup football with the Western Jets.
Connor Menadue returned to the club in 2014, playing 16 games and kicking 16 goals for the season.
Connor Menadue held averages of 19.6 disposals and four tackles per game.
Connor Menadue played for the Victorian Metro side at 2014's Under-18 National Championships.
Connor Menadue appeared in three matches and recorded an average of five tackles per game.
Connor Menadue was lauded by draft experts for his elite speed and running ability.
Connor Menadue was drafted by Richmond with their second pick and 33rd selection overall in the 2014 AFL draft.
Connor Menadue made his AFL debut in round 7 of the 2015 AFL season in a match against Collingwood at the MCG.
Connor Menadue was initially selected as an emergency before being called up to the team on the morning of the match.
Connor Menadue was substituted into the game at three-quarter time and recorded one disposal and two tackles in the last quarter of the Tigers' victory.
Connor Menadue kicked his first career goal the next week, in a round 8 victory against Port Adelaide.
Connor Menadue went on to play in each of the club's first nine matches.
Connor Menadue was dropped, and played VFL football until being recalled for the club's round 14 match with Brisbane Lions.
Connor Menadue was again dropped from the senior side in round 18 before returning in round 22 for just one more senior match.
Connor Menadue finished the season having played 14 matches and averaging 13.2 disposals.
Connor Menadue began 2017 playing with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL and made his first senior appearance in round 4's victory over Brisbane.
Connor Menadue was dropped from the side following the round 5 win over Melbourne, but would return in round 9 to face the GWS Giants at Spotless Stadium in Sydney.
Connor Menadue kicked two goals in the tight loss and would remain in the side for the following two weeks.
Connor Menadue spoke down the impacts of the hit and Franklin ultimately avoided suspension.
Connor Menadue played his final senior match for the season in round 16, being dropped the week following for his part in the club's 67-point loss to St Kilda.
Connor Menadue played the remainder of the season with the club's reserves side in the VFL.
Connor Menadue remained with the reserves team into the start of their season proper and after some strong form was named the carryover emergency for the club's AFL match-up with Hawthorn in round 3.
Connor Menadue remained in the senior side for a further two matches, including in round 11 where he kicked his first goal of the year.
Connor Menadue was dropped back to reserves level however, after an eight disposal match against Port Adelaide in round 12.
Connor Menadue was illustrious across multiple roles at VFL level in the month that followed, used as a half-back, wing and inside midfielder before earning an AFL recall in round 18.
Connor Menadue remained at the lower level for the remainder of the season, unable to gain senior selection despite being named as an emergency on multiple occasions.
Connor Menadue was a meaningful contributor in the club's two VFL finals losses including recording 26 disposals and two goals in the knock-out semi-final loss to Essendon.
Connor Menadue finished the year having played five AFL matches as well as 14 with the club's reserves side in the VFL.
In round 4, Connor Menadue was initially named as an AFL emergency before a late injury to veteran Bachar Houli saw Connor Menadue selected for his first match of the season.
Houli was ruled fit to play after just one match on the sidelines however, and Connor Menadue was immediately returned to VFL football in round 5.
Connor Menadue recorded 15 disposals in that match before turning in a career-best 23 disposals in the club's round 8 win over Fremantle in Perth.
Connor Menadue remained at AFL level for another two matches including a stint in the forward line in round 10, before being dropped back to VFL level in round 11.
Connor Menadue could manage just 11 disposals however, and was immediately dropped back to reserves level.
Connor Menadue continued to be regularly named as an AFL emergency in the back half of the season, while playing a variety of roles at VFL level including in the midfield and as a forward.
Connor Menadue was prolific at VFL level in the lead in to the finals, named best on ground twice in the final six weeks and kicking two goals in each of three separate matches as the side secured a second-straight minor premiership.
Connor Menadue kicked a further two goals in Richmond's come-from-behind VFL qualifying final victory over the Essendon reserves in the first week of the finals series.
Connor Menadue was best-on-ground in the preliminary final that followed, kicking three goals and recording 27 disposals as Richmond won through to a VFL grand final.
Connor Menadue finished 2019 having played six matches at AFL level along with 15 games for 14 goals in the reserves, including in that year's VFL premiership.
Richmond list boss Neil Balme expressed public support for Connor Menadue to explore greater AFL-level playing opportunities, before Balme's Fremantle counterpart Peter Bell confirmed on the opening day of the trade period that the club had some initial interest in acquiring Connor Menadue.
Connor Menadue was delisted by Richmond following the end of the trade period and after 39 AFL matches over five seasons at the club.