{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Nick Pesch | image = | fullname = Nick Pesch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|6|25|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Woodville-West Torrens | draftpick = 41st, 1993 Pre-Season draft | height = 173 cm | weight = 80 kg | position = | statsend = 1997 | years1 = 1994–1996 | club1 = Adelaide | games_goals1 = 31 (15) | years2 = 1997 | club2 = Melbourne | games_goals2 = 4 (0) | games_goalstotal = 35 (15) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Nick Pesch''' (born 25 June 1974) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Adelaide Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Pesch, who played in the 1993 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL premiership team, made his AFL debut late in the 1994 AFL season and put together regular games in 1995, appearing 15 times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/N/Nick_Pesch.html| title=Nick Pesch| publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref> During the 1995 season he kicked four goals in a match against Geelong. A rover, he was traded to Melbourne for Clay Sampson after struggling to have an impact in 1996.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> After one year at Melbourne, Pesch returned to Woodville-West Torrens and won their 'Best and Fairest' award in 1998. He is a member of the Woodville-West Torrens official 'Team of the Decade', on the interchange bench.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx| title=Past Players P-Z (1–99 games)| publisher=Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227082324/http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx| archivedate=27 February 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{AustralianFootball | Nick+Pesch/13259 }}
{{1993 AFL pre-season draft}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pesch, Nick}} Category:1974 births Category:Adelaide Football Club players Category:Melbourne Football Club players Category:Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Category:Living people Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia