Kent Butcher

Kent Butcher (born 5 November 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Kent Butcher
Personal information
Full name	Kent Butcher
Date of birth	(1973-11-05) 5 November 1973 (age 51)
Original team(s)	Grovedale/Geelong
Draft	45th, 1993 Pre-Season draft
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1993–1995	Collingwood	22 (3)
1996	Sydney Swans	00 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996.
Career highlights
Harry Collier Trophy 1993 1994 AFL Rising Star nominee
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Butcher played both under-19s and reserves football for Geelong, but it was at Collingwood that he started his AFL career. In round eight of the 1994 season, the rebounding defender would receive a Rising Star nomination for his 20 disposal game against St Kilda on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[1]

An injury brought an end to his time at Collingwood and he was delisted, and was picked up by the Sydney Swans with the seventh selection of the 1996 Pre-season draft.^[2] He didn't play a senior AFL game for the Swans.^[1]

Butcher, a former Grovedale player, would move back to Geelong, where he played and coached.^[3]