Tim Taranto is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to Greater Western Sydney as pick 2 in the 2016 AFL draft.
Taranto playing in June 2017
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1885 to 1907, winning two premierships. Richmond then joined the Victorian Football League from the 1908 season and has since won 13 premierships, most recently in 2020.
The Richmond Football Club was formed at a meeting at the Royal Hotel in Richmond in 1885
Alec Edmond captained Richmond from 1901 to his retirement in 1907
The Hon. Frank Tudor, federal leader of the ALP, was president of Richmond during World War I
Richmond team that won its first VFL premiership in 1920