Richard Ambrose was born on 10 June 1972 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.
11 Facts About Richard Ambrose
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Richard Ambrose played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and Subiaco in the West Australian Football League.
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Richard Ambrose was however restricted to the reserves and was unable to break into the seniors over two seasons.
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Richard Ambrose was one of three players that Essendon traded to Sydney at the end of 1992 in return for the 20th draft pick, which was used on Scott Cummings.
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Richard Ambrose, who hailed from Shepparton, finally made his league debut in 1993 when he was part of the Sydney team which took on the West Coast Eagles at the SCG.
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Richard Ambrose played just two more games for the club, a win over Melbourne and loss to Adelaide, both at home.
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Richard Ambrose was a South Australian interstate representative and participated in finals football every season he was at the club, culminating in a grand final loss in 1997 and a member of Port's 1998 premiership team.
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Richard Ambrose moved to Subiaco in 1999 and by playing in the WAFL had distinction of being part of clubs from four different states during the 1990s.
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Richard Ambrose polled 34 votes to beat teammate Michael Symons and in doing so became the first ever forward from Subiaco to win the award.
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Richard Ambrose participated in finals football every season he was at the club, culminating in a grand final loss in 2003 and premiership in 2004.
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Richard Ambrose played for the Ovens and Murray Football League club until retiring after the 2008 season, although he made a comeback in 2009 and then again in 2011 with Benalla Football Club.