Bradley Plain

Bradley Plain
Personal information
Full nameBradley Plain
Date of birth25 September 1969
Original teamClarence (TFL Statewide)
Height/Weight184 cm / 82 kg
Position(s)Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1988-93
1994
1996
Total		Essendon
Collingwood
North Melbourne		46 (89)
9 (6)
1 (1)
56 (96)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1996 season.

Bradley Plain (born 25 September 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Collingwood and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Plain played his early football at North Hobart but was recruited to the then VFL from Clarence. A half forward, he kicked 27 goals for Essendon in the 1989 season and took part in their finals campaign, which ended in the Preliminary Final. He bettered that tally in 1991 with 28 goals, including an eight goal haul in a win over Sydney at the SCG. This performance earned him three Brownlow Medal votes, one of two occasions he received best on ground honour during his career with the other coming for a 34 disposals game against St Kilda in 1989.

An ankle injury kept him out of the finals series in 1991 and despite contributing 23 goals from just seven games in Essendon's premiership year of 1993, he again missed out on September action through injury.

He was traded to Collingwood in 1994 but couldn't make much of an impact. In the 1996 season, Plain found himself at North Melbourne after being traded again, for Adrian McAdam. The forward made only one appearance due to the strength of the North Melbourne side and for the second time of his career was with a club during a premiership year but didn't participate in the finals.

Plain represented the Tasmanian State of Origin team at the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival.

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