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Playing career

Bartlett was a rover and goalkicker who was known as 'Hungry' due to his unwillingness to handball. He is known for great evasiveness and stamina, he could win a game off his own boot. A winner of five premierships with Richmond, he also won the Norm Smith Medal in 1980. With 403 games, only Michael Tuck of Hawthorn has played more. Bartlett was renowned for his skill and concentration on the game and was instrumental in many tiger's wins. The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in AFL grand final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Michael Tuck (born June 24, 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL with the Hawthorn Football Club. ... The Hawthorn Hawks known formally as the Tassie Hawks from 07 onwards, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...

Coaching career

Bartlett was the Tigers coach from 1988-1991. Controversy surrounding his dismissal as coach has left him estranged from the football club although he is still revered among true Tigers fans. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Media career

Bartlett currently hosts Hungry for Sport, a radio show playing on his nickname of "Hungry", on Melbourne station SEN 1116. He also commentates on subscription-TV for Fox Footy and is the host of the popular nostalgia show Grumpy Old Men on Fox Footy. SEN 1116 (callsign 3AK), the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz. ... Fox Footy Channel is a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football, in particular the AFL. The channel was created after the Foxtel consortium won the rights to the AFL; formerly a key feature of Optus Vision programming. ... Grumpy Old Men was: The title of a 1993 movie, Grumpy Old Men The title of a 2000s BBC2 television show, Grumpy Old Men This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Fox Footy Channel is a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football, in particular the AFL. The channel was created after the Foxtel consortium won the rights to the AFL; formerly a key feature of Optus Vision programming. ...

References

• Richmond Football Club Official Site - Hall of Fame
• 1971 Tiger Year Book - Richmond Football Club