Dean Rioli was born on 20 May 1978 and is a former Australian rules football player who spent his whole professional career with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.
12 Facts About Dean Rioli
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The nephew of Maurice Rioli, the Richmond Football Club champion of the 1980s, Rioli grew up on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, but was recruited from the South Fremantle Football Club in the 1998 Rookie Draft.
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Dean Rioli was a member of South Fremantle's 1997 Premiership winning team.
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Dean Rioli is renowned for his goal sense, silky skills and his ability to play well even when overweight and unfit.
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Dean Rioli had ongoing injury problems for many years, severely limiting his games played and the level of fitness he was able to attain.
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Dean Rioli played his last, and his 100th AFL game for the Essendon Football Club on 26 August 2006.
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In October 2008 Dean Rioli was appointed senior coach for 2009 at the Aberfeldie Football Club, in the Essendon District Football League.
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Dean Rioli continued as senior coach at Aberfeldie in 2010 but stepped down at the end of the home and away season.
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Dean Rioli joined Osborne Football Club in the Hume Football League in 2011.
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In 2012, Dean Rioli was the unsuccessful Australian Labor Party candidate for the Northern Territory seat of Arafura, the same seat that his uncle Maurice Dean Rioli had held between 1992 and 2001.
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Dean Rioli was selected on the half-forward flank in South Fremantle's Indigenous Team of the Century in 2009, along with his father Sebastian and uncle Maurice.
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In November 2022, Dean Rioli was appointed to the Essendon Football Club board, filling the vacancy left by former club president Paul Brasher.