Name Richard Loveridge Height/Weight 178 cm / 70 kg | Years Club | |
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Date of birth (1963-01-15) 15 January 1963 (age 53) | ||
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland | ||
Richard Loveridge (born 15 January 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
Playing as a rover who was handy near goals, Loveridge was a regular member of the Hawthorn side and was a premiership player in 1983 and 1986. The 1986 VFL season was Loveridge's best; he kicked a career high 26 goals and finished tenth in the Brownlow Medal count. At the end of the 1989 VFL season he announced his retirement from football.
Loveridge is a lawyer, having studied at the University of Melbourne. He is a partner of Herbert Smith Freehills, and has served as a member of the AFL Tribunal for more than ten years.
Loveridge is a keen surfer. In 1999 he wrote a surfing guide, Surfing Victoria: The Ultimate Guide.