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Footy identity Ricky Nixon is no stranger to trouble, and the former AFL player manager showed he has found some more as he shared a confronting image of a gruesome injury that landed him hospital this week.
Nixon, 62, posted the graphic image on his public Facebook page, where the man affectionately known as 'Chicken' came off second best with a steel beam.
'Emergency Department Alfred Hospital, 14 staples,' he posted on Thursday.
'Chicken always a cut above the rest. I cut my head moving furniture out of a lift carpark on a steel beam.'
In April, a troubled Nixon pleaded for police to be 'gentle' with him as he was arrested in dramatic circumstances in Melbourne.
Nixon was handcuffed by detectives in bulletproof vests after allegedly threatening to kill police in a post on social media.
Footy identity Ricky Nixon is a magnet for scandal - and the former AFL player manager this week shared a gruesome injury online he sustained this week that resulted in a trip to hospital
Nixon, 62, posted the graphic image on his public Facebook page, where the man affectionately known as 'Chicken' came off second best with a steel beam (pictured)
The post allegedly named a serving police officer and came as a response to Nixon's followers asking if he was OK.
He allegedly replied: 'No, on a mission to leave as meany [sic] cop c***s dead', according to The Age.
Nixon asked police to be careful during the arrest because he has an injured shoulder, according to Channel Seven, which also reported that Nixon told officers his account had been hacked.
'A 62-year-old Port Melbourne man was arrested this morning and has subsequently been charged with intimidate law enforcement officer, make threat to kill and use carriage service to menace,' Victorian Police said in a statement.
At the time, Nixon was serving a community corrections order after he was found guilty in June 2024 of unlawful assault and discharging a missile.
Magistrate Vincenzo Caltabiano determined Nixon punched and kicked an Australia Post worker at his Port Melbourne home on March 10, 2022, before throwing a package at him.
The former agent for footy stars such as Wayne Carey and Tony Lockett also appeared in court in January as he faced 10 criminal charges of obtaining property by deception over the sale of allegedly fake commemorative footballs purchased by Melbourne fans following the Demons' Grand Final victory in 2021.
The allegedly fake footballs were sold by Nixon for $575, plus $20 postage fee, and were allegedly claimed to have been signed by the premiership players.
Nixon was also charged with making or using a false document in relation to authentication certificates sent with the footballs.
He denied the allegations of fraud, claiming he was duped by a fake AFL licensee who sold him the footballs.
The former agent also claims the authentic footballs were swapped out to fund the alleged conman's drug addiction.
Last April it was reported Nixon faced being declared bankrupt after Melbourne businessman Greg O'Shea filed a creditor's petition alleging he was owed $40,000.
