Ricky Mott

Background

Originally from country Western Australia, he played for the Kukerin/Dumbleyung Cougars and worked on a farm as a young man, following the sudden death of his father in 1998.

Career

He nominated for the 1999 and 2000 American Federation of Labor-Congress Drafts but was not selected. In 2001 he joined the South Fremantle Football Club and was drafted by the Sydney Swans late in the 2001 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft (at pick 74). Due to injuries to favoured Swans ruckmen Jason Ball and Stephen Doyle early in the year, Mott made his debut in Round 1 of the 2002 season.

Despite a solid season in 2002, playing 17 matches, he soon fell out of favour when he turned up to a training session overweight.

He was then rookie listed by the Fremantle Dockers in 2003 without playing a game. Mott was given another chance at the 2003 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft, drafted by Carlton, but was delisted after only 2 games at the end of the 2004 season.

The Age, however, ran a story on this, falsely believing it to be true.

Achievements

• In 2006 he won Country All-Australian selection for Western Australia in the Aus Country Championships and as part of an internet hoax, was touted as a possible recruit for the Essendon Football Club.