Rod Carter
Encyclopedia
Rod Carter is a former Australian rules football
er who played for Fitzroy
and the Sydney Swans
in the VFL
. By the end of his career he was just seven games short of joining the 300 club.
A defender, Carter was used mostly at full-back and kicked just the one goal in his 16 seasons of football. That goal came in a game against Melbourne at the SCG in 1986. After spending his first six years with the now defunct Fitzroy during the late 1970s, Carter left the club and joined Port Melbourne of the VFA. He was picked up by South Melbourne (later Sydney) after half a season and would go on to play his best football there in the 1980s.
Currently, Carter teaches Physical Education at Sydney Technical High School
. He is also the current head of the SRC. He has a wife Jenny as well as three kids, Angus, Nathan and Kaitlin.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played for Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
and the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
in the VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. By the end of his career he was just seven games short of joining the 300 club.
A defender, Carter was used mostly at full-back and kicked just the one goal in his 16 seasons of football. That goal came in a game against Melbourne at the SCG in 1986. After spending his first six years with the now defunct Fitzroy during the late 1970s, Carter left the club and joined Port Melbourne of the VFA. He was picked up by South Melbourne (later Sydney) after half a season and would go on to play his best football there in the 1980s.
Currently, Carter teaches Physical Education at Sydney Technical High School
Sydney Technical High School
Sydney Technical High School is an academically selective, state-funded high school for boys in Bexley, a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1911 as part of Sydney Technical College, the school was one of the six original New South Wales selective schools...
. He is also the current head of the SRC. He has a wife Jenny as well as three kids, Angus, Nathan and Kaitlin.