Rodney Eade

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Rodney Eade

Personal information
Full name Rodney Eade
Date of Birth April 4, 1958 (1958-04-04) (age 50)
Place of Birth Tasmania
Recruited from Glenorchy
Height/Weight 183cm / 84kg
Position Winger
Playing Career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1976-1987
1988-1990		 Flag of Victoria (Australia) Hawthorn
Flag of Queensland Brisbane Bears		 229 (46)
30 (3)
Coaching career³
Years Club Games (Wins)
1996-2002
2005-		 Flag of New South Wales Sydney Swans
Flag of Victoria (Australia) Western Bulldogs		 152 (89)
56 (35)
¹ Club statistics to end of 2007 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}

Rodney "Rocket" Eade (born April 4, 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer and currently coach of the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

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[edit] Playing career

Recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania, the winger played 229 games and kicked 46 goals for Hawthorn between 1976-1987, playing in the 1976, 1978, 1983, and 1986 premierships. He moved to the Brisbane Bears in 1988, playing 30 games and kicking 3 goals until his retirement in 1990.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Brisbane Bears

Eade coached the Brisbane Bears to an AFL Reserves Premiership in 1991.

[edit] Sydney Swans

He took the coaching reins of the Sydney Swans in 1996, taking them to a Grand Final in his first year however they lost to North Melbourne. Rodney Eade was sacked following a narrow round 12 loss to Geelong in 2002.,he was replaced by Paul Roos for the rest of the 2002 season who was eventully appointed full time.

[edit] Western Bulldogs

He spent 2003 and 2004 as a media writer and commentator, before being appointed coach of the Western Bulldogs for the 2005 season. In his first season as coach, he took an under-achieving Bulldogs side within a goal of a finals series berth, when they had finished with less than 5 wins in the previous two years. In 2006, he took the 'Dogs to a final series for the first time since Terry Wallace in 2000. His job was in jeopardy in 2007 due to a sudden downturn in the team's performance, but rather than firing him, the club limited his expansive duties[1]

[edit] Coaching Record

Preceded by
Ron Barassi		 Sydney Swans coach
1996-2002		 Succeeded by
Paul Roos
Preceded by
Peter Rohde		 Western Bulldogs coach
2005-		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

[edit] References

  1. ^ Smith, Patrick. "Eade Cops Rocket after Review." The Australian. November 8, 2007. EBSCOhost: Newspaper Source. Accessed December 16, 2007, http://web.ebscohost.com
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