Full name Adam Slater Years Club Height/Weight 200 cm / 101 kg | Original team(s) East Burwood Place of birth Burwood, Victoria Name Adam Slater | |
Date of birth (1973-10-29) 29 October 1973 (age 42) | ||
Adam Slater (born 29 October 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Slater, a ruckman, went to Richmond in 1992 from East Burwood. He played in the opening round of the 1993 AFL season against Adelaide, then didn't appear again until 1995, when he played in rounds 21 and 22 against Collingwood and Adelaide respectively.
Slater, was delisted from Richmond at the end of 1995, moving to Box Hill Football Club in the Victorian Football Association for the beginning of the 1996 season. Slater played four seasons at Box Hill, winning the Best & Fairest in his final season in 1999.
In 2000, Slater moved back to his junior club East Burwood and was a member of their premiership team that year, when they defeated Vermont at Waverley Park in the grand final. He won the Best & Fairest at East Burwood four times (2000, 2001, 2002 & 2005) and was made a life member of the club in 2006.
Slater was named at number 10 in the EFL top 10 players of the last 15 years (2000-2015).