Trent Cotchin

Trent Cotchin is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. Born on 7 April 1990, he grew up in the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, played junior football for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup and was drafted by Richmond with the second pick in the 2007 national draft. He is an All-Australian, a three-time Richmond best and fairest winner and a Brownlow medallist. As captain he led the club to a premiership in 2017 that broke a 37-year drought and to further premierships in 2019 and 2020, which makes him a three-time premiership-winning captain. He also captained the Vic Metro side at the 2006 under-16 championships and was a member of the runner-up Vic Metro side at the 2007 under-18 championships.