Troy Lehmann is a former Australian rules football

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 with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 and the Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears

The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL) during the early 1990s.

Lehmann was picked up by Collingwood in the 1989 VFL Draft

1989 VFL Draft

The 1989 VFL Draft was the fourth annual National Draft held by the Victorian Football League as the main method for the 14 teams to recruit players for the 1990 season. It consisted of a trading period, pre-draft selections, the main national draft and the 1990 pre-season draft and a...

, from SANFL club North Adelaide. He played his football mostly as a ruck-rover and kicked two goals on his AFL debut in 1991. His 22 kicks and eight handballs in a convincing win over Adelaide at Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

 earned him maximum Brownlow Medal votes and he finished the year with an average of 20 disposals a game. Hamstring problems troubled him during his league career and he put together just four appearances in 1993.

Before the 1994 season, Lehmann was traded to Brisbane together with teammates Craig Starcevich

Craig Starcevich

Craig Starcevich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL and currently a fitness trainer.He was recruited from East Perth whom he played 37 games for after he won the 1986 F. D. Book Medal for being judged their best and fairest player...

 and the draft pick used on Chris Scott

Chris M. Scott

Christopher Michael "Chris" Scott is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League best known as being a dual premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and is a current premiership AFL coach of the Geelong Football Club.-AFL career:Scott was picked by the Brisbane Bears...

. In return Collingwood gained a future captain and Brownlow Medal winner in Nathan Buckley

Nathan Buckley

Nathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

.