As we welcome in the New Year, Tony Greenberg lists the key Richmond anniversaries in 2012 . . .
• 100 years since dual Richmond premiership player, former Club captain and Tiger Hall of Fame inductee, Clarrie Hall, made his senior league debut, in 1912.
• 80 years since Richmond won its third league premiership, beating Carlton by nine points, in the 1932 Grand Final.
• 70 years since Richmond recorded its highest-ever score in a quarter - 12.8 (80) v Melbourne, in Round 2 of the 1942 season at Punt Road.
• 70 years since champion Tiger ruckman and 1948 Brownlow Medallist, Bill Morris, made his senior league debut, in 1942.
• 70 years since dual Richmond premiership player, Billy Brown, was born, in 1942.
• 60 years since champion Tiger ruckman, Roy Wright, won the first of his two Brownlow Medals, in 1952.
• 60 years since Richmond ‘Immortal’ Jack Dyer’s last year as Tiger coach, in 1952.
• 60 years since dual Tiger premiership player and Hall of Fame inductee, Neil Balme, was born, in 1952.
• 50 years since Richmond won its one and only night premiership, in 1962.
• 50 years since Tiger champion, Ron Branton, won his third consecutive Best and Fairest, in 1962.
• 40 years since Royce Hart took over as Richmond’s captain, in 1972.
• 40 years since four-time Jack Dyer Medallist and former Club captain, Wayne Campbell, was born, in 1972.
• 40 years since current senior Tiger coach, Damien Hardwick, was born, in 1972.
• 30 years since the Tigers’ last Grand Final appearance, in 1982.
• 30 years since Indigenous superstar, Maurice Rioli, debuted for Richmond, and won the Norm Smith Medal, for best-on-ground in the Grand Final loss to Carlton, and the Jack Dyer Medal, as the Club’s Best and Fairest winner, in the same season.
• 30 years since star trio Geoff Raines, David Cloke and Bryan Wood played their last games for the Tigers before joining rival league clubs.
• 30 years since current Richmond captain, Chris Newman, was born, in 1982.
• 25 years since dual Jack Dyer Medallist and former Club captain, Tony Free, made his senior league debut with the Tigers, in 1987.
• 25 years since Terry Wallace spent his one and only season as a player with Richmond, in 1987.
• 10 years since Chris Newman, made his senior league debut, in 2002.
• 10 years since dual Jack Dyer Medallist, former Club captain, Richmond Team of the Century member and Hall of Fame inductee, Matthew Knights, played his last league game, in 2002.
