Brad Davis (Australian rules footballer)

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Brad Davis
Personal information
Full name Bradley James Davis
Date of birth (1972-07-18) 18 July 1972 (age 49)
Original team(s) Burnie Hawks
Draft No. 27, 1990 National Draft
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1991–1993 Fitzroy 5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bradley James Davis (born 18 July 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL). [1]

A ruckman, Davis started his career at the Burnie Hawks, from where he was drafted by Fitzroy. They selected him in the 1990 National Draft, with pick 27. [2] He played four games for Fitzroy in 1991, but played just once more, in the opening round of the 1993 season. [3]

In 1994 he joined West Adelaide for a stint in the South Australian National Football League, then he returned to Tasmania and signed with the Burnie Dockers. [4] He won Burnie's best and fairest award in 1998 and 1999. [5] In 2001 he played with the Tasmanian Devils and for the following two years played at North Ringwood. [6] He then rejoined the Dockers and won the Wilfred Barker Medal for his efforts in the 2005 Northern Tasmanian Football League grand final. In 2006 he acted as Burnie's playing coach. [7]

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References

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  2. Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN   0-9580300-5-7.
  3. AFL Tables: Brad Davis
  4. "Debut Dates 1990 - 1999". West Adelaide website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  5. "The Burnie Dockers Club History". Burnie Dockers website. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013.
  6. "BFC VFL/AFL Players". Burnie Dockers website. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013.
  7. The Examiner ,"Dockers searching for coach in 2007", 13 August 2006, Terry Morris