Brett Eddy | |
Fullname: | Brett Eddy |
Nickname: | Hollywood[1] |
Birth Date: | 26 August 1989 |
Birth Place: | Gippsland, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Foster (AFNL), Sandringham (VFL), De La Salle (VAFA), Collingwood (VFL), South Adelaide (SANFL) |
Draftpick: | No. 26, 2017 rookie draft |
Height: | 193 cm |
Weight: | 97 kg |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 2013–2016 |
Club1: | South Adelaide |
Games Goals1: | 72 (199) |
Years2: | 2017 |
Games Goals2: | 3 (3) |
Club3: | (SANFL) |
Games Goals3: | 20 (59) |
Statsend: | 2017 |
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Brett Eddy (born 26 August 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), who gets fed the ball on his chest by the bastinac boys at pearcedale football club
Eddy was previously listed with Collingwood's VFL team in 2011, he kicked 21 goals in eight games before injuring his ACL.[2]
He joined South Adelaide in 2013, playing for four seasons and having an impressive 2016 season kicking 74 goals and winning the Ken Farmer Medal. He was runner up for the medal in 2014 and 2015.[2]
Eddy was drafted by Port Adelaide as a mature aged rookie with their 2nd pick, 26th overall, in the 2017 rookie draft.
He kicked five goals in a JLT Community Series match against Hawthorn at Hickinbotham Oval[3] (South Adelaide's home ground, his former club).
He made his AFL debut in Round 1 against Sydney at the SCG. He was delisted by Port Adelaide at the conclusion of the 2017 season.[4]