As we settle into the first day of the new year, here is a list of the key anniversaries and milestones at Richmond in 2025...
Anniversaries
• 140 years since the formation of the Club in 1885.
• 100 years since star ruckman, premiership captain (1932) and premiership captain-coach (1934) Percy Bentley made his debut with the Club in 1925.
• 100 years since Richmond’s Team of the Century backman Basil McCormack debuted with the Club in 1925.
• 90 years since the Tigers were beaten by Collingwood in the 1935 preliminary final.
• 90 years since Jack Titus won the Club’s leading goalkicker award in 1935 for the fourth time (11 times all-up).
• 80 years since champion ruckman Bill Morris won the first of his three Best and Fairest awards at Tigerland in 1945.
• 60 years since Richmond moved to the MCG to play its home games in 1965.
• 60 years since Kevin Bartlett played the first of his record 403 games with the Tigers in 1965.
• 60 years since Len Smith stepped down as Richmond’s coach in 1965 because of heart problems, replaced by club great Jack Titus.
• 60 years since star triple premiership Tiger Barry Richardson made his debut with the Club in 1965.
• 50 years since John Pitura was finally traded to Richmond from South Melbourne in 1975 in exchange for three Tiger players – Brian Roberts, Graham Teasdale and Francis Jackson.
• 50 years since 1980 premiership captain Bruce Monteath debuted with the Tigers in 1975.
• 50 years since Richmond players wore yellow shorts in a match for the first time in 1975.
• 30 years since Richmond staged a stirring fightback from six goals down in a cut-throat 1995 semi-final against Essendon at the MCG to win by 13 points.
• 20 years since four-time Jack Dyer Medallist and former club captain Wayne Campbell retired in 2005 following a stellar 297-game career with the Tigers.
• 10 years since dual premiership Tiger Kamdyn McIntosh made his debut with the Club in the 2015 season-opener against Carlton.
Milestones
• Nick Vlastuin 17 games to the 250-game milestone.
• Kamdyn McIntosh 10 games to the 200-game milestone.
• Nathan Broad two games to the 150-game milestone.
• Toby Nankervis five games to the 150-game milestone at Richmond.
• Dion Prestia 20 games to the 150-game milestone at Richmond.
• Tom Lynch 11 games to the 100-game milestone at Richmond.\