Chad Rintoul (born 31 July 1974) is a former

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er in the

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Adelaide Crows

The midfielder was drafted by the Adelaide Crows in the

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from

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( WAFL) as a mature age recruit. He played 23 games for the Crows, 11 in 1997 including the premiership game, playing as a small forward for most of the year. In 1998 he played 12 games and although he played in the preliminary final, he was dropped the following week so that the Crows could bring in another ruckman and missed out on a second premiership medal. At the end of 1998 he was traded back to Western Australia by the

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for pick 80 which Adelaide used on 26-year-old

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West Coast Eagles

During his first season with the Eagles he played all 24 games including a 36 possession game vs Adelaide. Rintoul couldn't find consistency in 2000 and coach

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sent Rinoul back to East Fremantle which resulted in him getting delisted.

Collingwood

Rintoul went to Collingwood in the 2001 pre season draft where he was reunited with his former coach

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. Chad was plagued with migraines in 2002 after many concussions and was forced to retire.

Statistics

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rintoul, Chad 1974 births Living people Collingwood Football Club players Adelaide Football Club players Adelaide Football Club premiership players West Coast Eagles players East Fremantle Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia VFL/AFL premiership players