Chad Rintoul

Chad Rintoul
Personal information
Date of birth	31 July 1974
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	No. 69, 1996 National Draft
Debut	Round 1, 30 March 1997, Adelaide vs. Brisbane, at Football Park
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997–1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 Total -	Adelaide West Coast Eagles Collingwood	23 (16) 39 (10) 14 0(5) 76 (31)[1]
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.
Career highlights
Adelaide premiership player - 1997

Chad Rintoul (born 31 July 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.^{[1] [2]}

Adelaide Crows

The midfielder was drafted by the Adelaide Crows in the 1996 AFL Draft from East Fremantle (WAFL) as a mature age recruit. He played 23 games for the Crows, 11 in 1997 including the premiership game, playing as a small forward for most of the year. In 1998 he played 12 games and although he played in the preliminary final, he was dropped the following week so that the Crows could bring in another ruckman and missed out on a second premiership medal.At the end of 1998 he was traded back to Western Australia by the West Coast Eagles for pick 80 which Adelaide used on 26-year-old Brodie Atkinson.

West Coast Eagles

During his first season with the Eagles he played all 24 games including a 36 possession game vs Adelaide. Rintoul couldn't find consistency in 2000 and coach Ken Judge sent Rinoul back to East Fremantle which resulted in him getting delisted.

Collingwood

Rintoul went to Collingwood in the 2001 pre season draft where he was reunited with his forma er coach Mick Malthouse. Chad was plagued with migraines in 2002 after many concussions and was forced to retire.

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 615. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.
2. "Chad Rintoul". AFL Tables.