Brenton Sanderson

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Brenton Sanderson
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Personal information
Full name Brenton Sanderson
Date of Birth February 27, 1974 (1974-02-27) (age 34)
Place of Birth
Recruited from Sturt Football Club (SANFL)
Playing Career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1992 – 1993
1994
1995 – 2005		 Adelaide
Collingwood
Geelong		 6 (4)
4 (1)
199 (29)
¹ Club statistics to end of 2005 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}

Brenton Sanderson (born February 27, 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Originally from the city of Adelaide, Sanderson moved from Sturt Double Blues to the Adelaide Crows as one of their 10 concession picks. He finally made his debut in 1992 but had limited opportunities and played just 6 games until he moved to Collingwood. He played just 4 games with the club following two hamstring injuries during the year, but Sanderson once said he learned a lot about the right attitude to preparation and training, as he learned from living with Nathan Buckley.

[edit] 1995-2005: Geelong

In 1995 Sanderson moved to Geelong and reinvented himself as a half-back flanker, generating a lot of run out of defense. He had his best season in 2001, when he took out the Carji Greeves Medal as well as earning International rules selection.

In 2005 before the finals series, Sanderson announced he would be retiring from AFL football. Unfortunately he went out following a heartbreaking loss in the Semi-final to Sydney.

[edit] Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of Career, (2005 AFL Season)
Season Team No. Games Goals Behinds Kicks Marks Handballs Disposals
1992 Adelaide 36 4 3 2 25 9 26 51
1993 Adelaide 36 2 1 1 11 7 13 24
1994 Collingwood 17 4 1 0 20 9 17 37
1995 Geelong 27 13 2 0 60 42 57 117
1996 Geelong 27 21 2 2 224 101 124 348
1997 Geelong 27 21 8 6 205 84 81 286
1998 Geelong 27 22 5 3 291 102 98 389
1999 Geelong 27 15 4 5 204 81 55 259
2000 Geelong 27 23 1 0 247 107 102 349
2001 Geelong 27 22 2 1 240 104 98 338
2002 Geelong 27 12 1 1 105 48 40 145
2003 Geelong 27 22 2 0 264 116 120 384
2004 Geelong 27 17 1 0 147 76 74 221
2005 Geelong 27 11 1 2 93 64 77 170
Totals 209 34 23 2136 950 982 3118


Preceded by
Steven King		 Geelong Best and Fairest winner
2001		 Succeeded by
Steven King

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