Doug Wade
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Douglas Graeme Wade (born 16 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Full name | Douglas Graeme Wade | ||
Date of birth | (1941-10-16) 16 October 1941 (age 82) | ||
Place of birth | Horsham, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Horsham (WFL) | ||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1961 – 1972 | Geelong | 208 0(834) | |
1973 – 1975 | North Melbourne | 059 0(223) | |
Total | 267 (1057) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975. | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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He was the League's leading goal scorer (winning the Coleman Medal) on four occasions from 1962 until 1974. He was only the second player (after Collingwood's Gordon Coventry), and the first post-WW2 to kick over 1,000 goals in his career.[1] Only four other players – Gary Ablett Snr (Hawthorn/Geelong), Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn), Tony Lockett (St Kilda/Sydney) and Lance Franklin (Hawthorn/Sydney) have emulated the effort.[2]