AFL star Ty Vickery allegedly enlisted former Richmond teammate Jake King to help him recover $100,000 he believed was stolen from him, reports say. He’s well aware of his standing in the footy world, but he’s not worried about it and at the moment it’s obviously not affecting his footy.”Vickery played junior footy for East Brighton Vampires. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. Hawks' Vickery continues VFL stint Hawthorn forward Ty Vickery will keep playing in the VFL after he was arrested and released without charge this week as part of an extortion investigation. He was always a quiet kid, never did anything wrong or said anything wrong. With special thanks to aflplayers.com.au, former Richmond players Nathan Foley, Dan Jackson, Brett Deledio, Ty Vickery, Jake King and Andrew Collins have put together a series of short stories as they remember their teammate, Shane Tuck, following his tragic passing this week. A big part of that is having more privacy and being able to spend time with his wife.“While it’s disappointing, the club completely understands Ty’s position and is grateful for the open and honest approach he has taken over the last couple of weeks.“We thank Ty for his contribution to Hawthorn and wish him and Arina all the best for the future.” So anything from Ikea, I get a phone call from him straight away.”Overlooked for the last two games of last season and slow to get going in this one, Vickery’s marking and goalkicking power is making an increasing difference to a Richmond side no rival would fancy playing this September.In 2007 Vickery got a Chinese tattoo on his arm that translates as “Live Free”.It’s taken much of the eight years since but now, more than ever, he’s doing exactly that. Introduction written by Dan Jackson Everyone grieves in their own way. But the riddle that is the Richmond forward’s AFL career has proved more difficult to solve.Ty Vickery has taken eight years to reach the 100-game milestone. Picture: Getty Images“You’ve just got to take no notice of it and he doesn’t. Sometimes I ask him, ‘How you going?’ and he says, ‘I’m not listening to it, Dad. TY Vickery can solve a Rubik’s cube with a few flicks of the wrist. Sorry we couldn't find a match for that, please try again Invalid postcode. He’s hopeless. But Vickery the person, like the Rubik’s Cube he’s mastered, is more complex.Ty Vickery celebrates one of his six goals against Collingwood last week. The 27-year-old, who joined Hawthorn during the 2016 free agency period, said he had plans to pursue other opportunities away from football. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. Picture: Getty ImagesHill’s mobile ran hot after Vickery’s well-publicised hit on West Coast legend Dean Cox last year.Vickery copped a four-game ban and mountains of criticism from players, fans and the media.Those close to him say he was mortified by his actions and insist he didn’t deliberately try to hurt Cox. The pair will marry in December, a couple of years after meeting at a fancy dress party.He’s got his teeth into a law degree and loves a debate almost as much as his cats Rambo and Dozor.There’s the obsession with Sylvester Stallone’s 1980s action character, John Rambo, while Vickery is also a taekwondo black belt who won a national championships silver medal at 13.He eats at the same place every night before a game, chowing down the sizzling Mongolian beef and rice hotplate - where he eats only the meat and rice, everythnig else is left on the plate - at a Vietnamese restaurant in Abbotsford.It’s this intriguing, private life that stands in sharp contrast to the occasionally awkward, yet influential goalkicker, who has somehow become a magnet for criticism.Dealing with that has been just as big a challenge as learning the AFL craft, according to his father and Tigers’ boxing coach John Vickery.“It used to affect him and he and I sat down a lot to discuss it,” Vickery Sr said.Vickery takes a strong mark opposed to Magpies defender Jack Frost. news; Ty Vickery has taken eight years to reach 100 games but is in career-best form. I don’t think he swore until he started hanging around with Jakey King.”King stuck up for Vickery on the field and in retirement remains one of his fiercest allies.“I like to compare and I compare him to Kurt Tippett — same height, same position, same everything,” King said.“Tyrone is twice the player Kurt Tippett is and on half the money but 10 times the crap.