Brodie Grundy

Brodie Grundy
Personal information
Date of birth15 April 1994
Original teamSturt (SANFL)
Draft#18, 2012 AFL Draft, Collingwood
Height/Weight203 cm / 101 kg
Position(s)Ruckman
Club information
Current clubCollingwood
Number4
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2013–Collingwood27 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of Round 5, 2015 season.
Career highlights

Brodie Grundy (born 15 April 1994) is a professional Australian rules football player with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Background

Grundy was born in Adelaide, South Australia and attended Cabra Dominican College, a private Catholic high school in the southern suburbs of the city, graduating in 2011.[1]

Career

A former basketball player, Grundy switched to Australian rules football in 2010.[2] Following a successful season playing as a ruckman with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Sturt's junior teams, Grundy was recruited by Collingwood with draft pick #18 in the 2012 AFL Draft.

Grundy was the Round 22 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award.[3]

In March 2014, Grundy signed a three year contract extension until the end of the 2017 AFL season.[4]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2014 season[5]
Legend
 D  Disposals  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs  G  Goals  B  Behinds
Year Team # Games D K H M T H/O G B D K H M T H/O G B
Totals Averages (per game)
2013 Collingwood 35 7 88 35 53 18 22 151 1 3 12.6 5 7.6 2.6 3.1 21.6 0.1 0.4
2014 Collingwood 4 15 152 73 79 36 51 272 3 8 10.1 4.9 5.3 2.4 3.4 18.1 0.2 0.5
Career 22 240 108 132 54 73 423 4 11 10.9 4.9 6 2.5 3.3 19.2 0.2 0.5

References

  1. ↑ "Numbers add up for Brodie Grundy", Adelaide Now, 10 November 2014, retrieved 28 March 2014
  2. ↑ Walsh, Courtney (8 August 2013). "Experience counts for little as Brodie Grundy eyes September". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (27 August 2013). "Young Pie Grundy a rising star nominee". AFL.com.au (BigPond).
  4. ↑ Chiarelli, Simon (19 March 2014). "Grundy recommits until 2017". collingwoodfc.com.au (BigPond).
  5. ↑ "Sam Blease statistics". AFL Tables.

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