Full name Nick Stone Name Nick Stone Years Club | Height/Weight 196 cm / 97 kg Original team(s) Prahran Dragons Role Footballer born 1981 | |
Date of birth (1981-10-01) 1 October 1981 (age 34) Draft 82nd, 1999 AFL Draft to Collingwood44th, 2002 Rookie Draft to Hawthorn22nd, 2004 Rookie Draft to St Kilda |
Nick Stone (born 1 October 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Stone, originally from Wesley College, was recruited by Collingwood from the Prahran Dragons late in the 1999 AFL Draft. He never played a senior game for Collingwood and in 2001 he was rookie listed by Hawthorn. He only played 17 games for Hawthorn over two seasons, before he was again delisted, and again rookie listed, this time by St Kilda with the 2004 Rookie Draft.
He played two games for St Kilda towards the end of the 2004 season, which saw him be elevated to their senior list for 2005, but after only played one game in 2005 he was delisted at the end of the year.
Nick went on to move to New York City in 2010, work in corporate finance and open the Aussie-style coffee shops Bluestone Lane and the Bluestone Lane Collective Café.