Liam Pickering


Liam Michael Pickering is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League.
His father, Michael Pickering, also played for North Melbourne.

Sporting career

He played 22 games with North Melbourne from 1989–1992, and 102 games with Geelong from 1993–1999, before his retirement from AFL football. He was also a talented cricketer who played 171 matches for North Melbourne Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.

Media and managing careers

At the end of his career, he became sports marketing manager for sportswear company Fila.
He is now a player manager for Strategic, looking after such Australian Football League stars as Gary Ablett, Jr. and Jack Riewoldt.
He currently co-hosts a Saturday-morning radio show with Craig Hutchison called "Off The Bench" on Melbourne station SEN 1116. He also appears regularly as a panelist on the Fox Sports programme "AFL Teams".