Dean Rioli

Dean Rioli
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-05-20) 20 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Original team(s) South Fremantle (WAFL)
Debut Round 3, 1999, Essendon vs. Sydney Swans, at the MCG
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1999–2006 Essendon 100 (91)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dean Rioli (born 20 May 1978) is a former Australian rules football player who spent his whole professional career with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

The nephew of Maurice Rioli, the Richmond Football Club champion of the 1980s, Rioli grew up on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, but was recruited from the South Fremantle Football Club in the 1998 Rookie Draft.[1] He was a member of South Fremantle's 1997 Premiership winning team. His father, Sebastian Rioli, played for South in the 1970s, and his younger brother Shannon Rioli joined South in 2010.[2]

  1. ^ "Bloodlines: The Rioli Family". 17 October 2010.
  2. ^ Hagdorn, Kim (13 February 2010). "Rioli name returns to South Fremantle". The Sunday Times.