Ryan Cook
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Ryan Cook is an Australian rules football
er who played for the Collingwood Football Club
in the Australian Football League
(AFL) between 2006 and 2010.
He is a lively midfielder/half-forward who kicked three goals and had 19 disposals to be one of the Dandenong Stingrays
' best in their losing TAC Cup
Grand Final
against Gippsland Power. The Magpies' fourth pick at 23 in the 2005 AFL Draft
, Cook was touted as a fast player with great endurance, as evidenced by a 13.7 beep test result.
His step brother is Nick Malceski
who plays for Sydney Swans
.
Cook was charged by police with assault over an incident which happened in Sale, Victoria
in January 2009. In March 2010 he pleaded guilty to negligently causing serious injury and was fined $3500.
He was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2010 season. He then moved to Western Australia to play for South Fremantle Football Club
in the West Australian Football League
. He won South Fremantle's best and fairest
award, the W.J. Hughes Medal, for the 2011 season.
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 the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL) between 2006 and 2010.
He is a lively midfielder/half-forward who kicked three goals and had 19 disposals to be one of the Dandenong Stingrays
Dandenong Stingrays
The Dandenong Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in a Victorian under 18s league called the TAC Cup.1992 saw the birth of the ‘Southern Stingrays’ and they were developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy and Ron Roach with the home base located at the Ben Kavanagh Reserve,...
' best in their losing TAC Cup
TAC Cup
The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....
Grand Final
Grand Final
Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sport term used to describe a match that decides a league champion.It originated in Victoria and South Australia and has become specifically significant Australian culture...
against Gippsland Power. The Magpies' fourth pick at 23 in the 2005 AFL Draft
2005 AFL Draft
The 2005 AFL Draft was the 2005 instance of the AFL Draft, the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.The 2005 Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period...
, Cook was touted as a fast player with great endurance, as evidenced by a 13.7 beep test result.
His step brother is Nick Malceski
Nick Malceski
Nick Malceski is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Malceski is a Macedonian Australian, being of ethnic Macedonian heritage.-Overview:...
who plays for 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...
.
Cook was charged by police with assault over an incident which happened in Sale, Victoria
Sale, Victoria
Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
in January 2009. In March 2010 he pleaded guilty to negligently causing serious injury and was fined $3500.
He was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2010 season. He then moved to Western Australia to play for South Fremantle Football Club
South Fremantle Football Club
The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...
in the West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
. He won South Fremantle's best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
award, the W.J. Hughes Medal, for the 2011 season.