16 Facts About Nathan Bock

Nathan Bock was born on 20 March 1983 and is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Nathan Bock played for the Adelaide Football Club between 2002 and 2010, and joined the new Gold Coast Football Club in 2011.

Nathan Bock missed the first 7 rounds of the 2005 season, but returned in round 8 and showed signs that he and All-Australian defender Ben Rutten would become one of the best defensive combinations in the AFL, a promise the duo delivered on in the next few years.

Nathan Bock has not lost his forward origin, either; he kicked two goals from tight angles in the third quarter against Fremantle in the 2006 Qualifying Final as Adelaide came from behind to win, and replicated the feat late in the Preliminary Final against West Coast, this time unsuccessfully.

In Brad Johnson's 300th game for the Western Bulldogs in round 1,2008, with Adelaide trailing by four points with only seconds remaining, Nathan Bock took a mark in the left forward pocket, about 45 metres out from goal and on a 45-degree angle.

Nathan Bock missed the shot as the siren sounded and Adelaide lost the game.

However, Nathan Bock recovered from this to have a fine season, in which he won AFL All-Australian selection as the team's centre half-back.

Nathan Bock won the 2008 Crows Club Champion award with 162 votes and the club's Most Valuable Player award.

In 2009, Nathan Bock appeared alongside other AFL footballers in an AFL television advertisement titled "AFL: In a League of its Own", which featured prominent AFL players playing Australian rules football at famous sporting venues around the world, and in the middle of other sports being played, including basketball, Association football and American football.

Nathan Bock was charged with assaulting his partner and causing property damage during an incident at the General Havelock hotel in Adelaide early on Sunday morning 5 April 2009.

Nathan Bock was detained by police and later released to face court at a later date.

Nathan Bock represented Australian in the 2008 International Rules Series against Ireland.

Nathan Bock was one of two Adelaide Crows players selected for the Australian squad, along with Scott Thompson.

On 17 August 2010, Nathan Bock announced that he will leave Adelaide and join the new Gold Coast Suns team that joined the competition in 2011.

Nathan Bock was the first current AFL player to announce that he was joining the new team.

Nathan Bock retired in 2014 after injuries took a toll which included a badly broken leg in 2012.