1. Shane Tuck was an Australian rules footballer who played 173 matches for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League after spending two years on the AFL list at Hawthorn without making an AFL appearance.
26 Facts About Shane Tuck
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Shane Tuck's father is seven-time Hawthorn premiership player Michael Tuck.
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Shane Tuck played junior football at Beaconsfield in the suburbs of Melbourne, and played representative football with the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup.
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Shane Tuck spent two seasons at Hawthorn without earning an AFL debut, instead playing reserves grade football with the club's VFL affiliate, the Box Hill Hawks.
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Shane Tuck played local football in the Mornington Peninsula League in 2002, before moving to South Australia to play with West Adelaide in the SANFL in 2003, where he began attracting the attention of AFL scouts.
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Shane Tuck was drafted by Richmond with the club's six pick and the 73rd pick overall in the 2003 AFL Draft.
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In 2005, Shane Tuck had a stellar season and played all 22 games Richmond were involved in.
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Shane Tuck finished third in the club's best and fairest award that year.
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Shane Tuck placed 10th in the club's best and fairest in 2006, third in 2007, and second in 2008.
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Shane Tuck missed playing in Round 17,2009, ending a 104-game streak of consecutive games since playing in Round 1,2005.
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Shane Tuck placed seventh in the club's best and fairest in 2009.
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In Round 6 2010, Shane Tuck collected a career-best 28 disposals in a match against Geelong.
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In 2012, Shane Tuck placed fourth in the club's best and fairest count.
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Shane Tuck set new records that year for the most contested possessions and most tackles in a single season by any Richmond player in the club's history.
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Shane Tuck suffered a fractured scapula in May 2013 that saw him miss two months of football.
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Shane Tuck featured in the club's first finals match in 12 years when Richmond earned an elimination final berth against Carlton in 2013.
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Shane Tuck was the substitute player for Richmond during that match but played almost the full match when brought on to replace Reece Conca after the latter suffered a hamstring injury just 10 minutes into the game.
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Shane Tuck retired following the 2013 season after 173 games over 10 seasons with Richmond.
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In 2014, Shane Tuck played local football for the Goodwood Saints Football Club in the South Australian Amateur Football League.
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Shane Tuck debuted in professional boxing in November 2015 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, being knocked out in the fourth round from an uppercut to the chin by Lucas Miller; he was carried out on a stretcher.
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Shane Tuck fought in five professional matches over a boxing career that lasted until August 2017, winning three, losing once and drawing on one other occasion.
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Shane Tuck was the nephew of Geelong great Gary Ablett Sr.
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Shane Tuck was cousin to Geelong and Gold Coast players Gary Ablett Jr and Nathan Ablett.
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Shane Tuck was married to wife Katherine and had two children, a boy and a girl.
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Shane Tuck died by suicide on 20 July 2020 at the age of 38.
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In January 2021, the Australian Sports Brain Bank stated that Shane Tuck had had a severe case of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy.