perform at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Later career In 2014, Nixon relaunched Flying Start International as a sports agency and consultancy, having retained the rights to the brand. He also stated that he did not intend to regain accreditation. In 2015, Nixon was arrested for allegedly threatening to assault a two-year-old child on Facebook. In January 2019, Nixon, along with his son's Lewis and Mitchell, started a charity known as Kicking for Cancer. It holds a charity football match every year to raise money to go towards kids with cancer. In July, he started a new business, Vital Health Checks. The business goes around in ex-Ambulances and gives people health checks on location. References Further reading Nixon, Ricky; Weston, James (2010). It's a Jungle Out There: The Inside Story of Managing and Marketing the AFL. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia. Nixon, Ricky (2016). Ricky Nixon - My Side. Melbourne: Toot Toot Productions Pty Ltd. External links Carlton Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Golden Square Football Club players Living people 1963 births Australian rules footballers from Bendigo Australian sports agents