Will Slade Explained

Will Slade
Birth Date:24 October 1983
Birth Place:Victoria, Australia
Originalteam:Scotch College / Oakleigh U18
Debutdate:Round 19, 2002
Debutteam:Geelong
Debutopponent:St Kilda
Debutstadium:Docklands
Height:182 cm
Weight:83 kg
Statsend:2006
Years1:2002–2006
Club1:Geelong
Games Goals1:17 (2)
Careerhighlights:
  • VFL premiership player: 2002
  • NAB Cup winners, 2006

Will Slade (born 24 October 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career

In round 19, 2002, Slade debuted for the Geelong Football Club. He played four senior games in his first year. Slade managed only 11 games between 2002 and 2005 due to chronic osteitis pubis.

Slade was delisted and redrafted in after the 2005 season. He played the first seven games of the 2006 season and had a big impact in the 2006 pre-season final.[1]

Slade was delisted again at the end of the 2006 season,[2] and despite training with Hawthorn prior to the pre-season draft,[3] was not selected.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003003529/http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=21844 Where there's a Will, there's a way
  2. http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/oct06/artid6745.html Cats cut, Dee retires, Mundy out
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003003538/http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=36307 Blues' boys in training