Nathan 'Ebert' Pinder - 150 Games

19 May 2017 by DRFNC Blog

This week we congratulate Nathan ‘Ebert’ Pinder on his 150th for the club and his 5th game in 4 years.
Nathan first came to the club as an obese 18 year old with minimal neck in 2006 to join newly appointed Reserves coach, Jeremy Newman. Many thought they were father and son. That year, Nathan signed up as a runner for the Reserves and if he could trim some off the edges of himself, that was going to be a bonus.
Nathan ran himself into some sort of shape and ended up playing the back half of the year in the under 18’s, where he managed to finish in the top couple of the Best and Fairest, just behind Bonehead and Zarbo.
The next 6 years could be summed up in probably one sentence. He would play 5 awesome games in the Reserves, come up to the Seniors, play 25 minutes, play the next 3 games in the Reserves….rinse and repeat. Those six years produced many highlights though.
One that springs to mind is the time he was asked for ID by a netballer behind the bar in the Burras Club. He was 26. Back to the car to fetch the ID he went. Another is the time he copped a minor head knock against Macedon and spent two nights in hospital, but wouldn’t let his mum leave his side the entire time. He was 26.
Nathan stills says that the umpires mixed the 13 up with the 43 on the jumpers when awarding the Sankey Medal for best on ground in the Reserves Grand Final in 2012. Somwething he’ll never be able to let go. Not one for being able to fight his way out of a wet paper bag, we were surprised to see Nathan run in to a melee in a final against Lancefield, only for Brett Caton to land one right on his button. Nathan ran back twice as quick. Being sent off in another final against Riddell for elbowing Mick Sammut in the face probably rounds out the career highlights.
For other highlights that we weren’t able to publish, ask around.
Nathan has only just rejoined us after travelling and playing a bit of footy around the world. Most recently for the Dubai Dragons where he managed to poll 2 votes for the season.
Congratulations Nater!
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