Brent Staker

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Brent Staker
Brent Staker 19.03.17.jpg
Staker in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Brent Allen Staker
Nickname(s) Stakes
Date of birth (1984-05-23) 23 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Broken Hill, NSW
Original team(s) West Broken Hill
Draft#37, 2002 National Draft, West Coast
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s) Utility
Club information
Current club Brisbane Lions
(women's forward coach)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2003–2009 West Coast 110 (84)
2010–2015 Brisbane Lions 50 (35)
Total160 (119)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brent Allen Staker (born 23 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Early life

Staker grew up in Broken Hill in remote country New South Wales. [1] He went to Burke Ward Public School, where he made a time capsule to be opened on 2020. [1] He made his A Grade debut in 2000 at age 16 for West Broken Hill, playing in their losing grand final side that year before joining the NSW/ACT Rams. [1]

AFL career

West Coast

Recruited from NSW/ACT Rams (Under 18s), he made his debut in 2003.

In round seven 2004, he earned an AFL Rising Star nomination when he kicked three goals against Melbourne.

Barry Hall incident

In Round 4, 2008, Brent Staker was punched in the face by Sydney Swans full-forward Barry Hall. [2] Video footage from the incident indicated that contact was made with a punch to the jaw. Staker took no further part in the game, remaining off the field for the duration of the game. Hall's punch was graded by the Match Review Panel as intentional, severe impact and high contact, and he was referred to the tribunal and suspended for seven games, one of the most severe punishments in the modern era by the AFL Tribunal. [3] Video footage of the incident was shown on television as far abroad as Denmark and the United States on the ESPN network. [4]

Brisbane

At the end of the 2009 season, Staker told the Eagles that he wished to be traded away from Western Australia; the Eagles traded him to the Brisbane Lions with its third-round draft pick (#39 overall) for Bradd Dalziell.

In August 2015, he announced his retirement from the AFL, effective at the end of the 2015 season. [5] Prior to what would have been his final match, he injured his hamstring in the warm-up and was a late withdrawal. [6]

Statistics

[7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2003 West Coast 4173329235215130.40.44.13.37.42.11.9
2004 West Coast 4117611926115370250.40.65.43.69.04.11.5
2005 West Coast 41221371748626097220.60.37.93.911.84.41.0
2006 West Coast 41232415169103272113411.00.77.34.511.84.91.8
2007 West Coast 41212017179107286100361.00.88.55.113.64.81.7
2008 West Coast 41141381247820258390.90.68.95.614.44.12.8
2009 West Coast 4165241266716180.80.36.84.311.22.73.0
2010 Brisbane Lions 14221015233146379126550.50.710.66.617.25.72.5
2011 Brisbane Lions 1474249429124130.60.37.06.013.03.41.9
2012 Brisbane Lions 140——————————————
2013 Brisbane Lions 14152171335919269291.40.58.93.912.84.61.9
2014 Brisbane Lions 140——————————————
2015 Brisbane Lions 1460629184717120.01.04.83.07.82.82.0
Career16011993125274920017053030.70.67.84.712.54.41.9

Personal life

Staker's partner is cook and television presenter Justine Schofield. They have one son born in September 2022. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Brent Staker - Heroes, Larrikins & Visionaries of Broken Hill from Visit Broken Hill (including audio transcript)
  2. ↑ Swans too good for Eagles Archived 13 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "AFL Tribunal knocks out Hall". 14 April 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Barry Hall hits the international headlines
  5. ↑ Davis, Greg (26 August 2015). "Brent Staker retires from AFL football after 13 seasons". The Courier-Mail . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bupa Recovery Report: Round 23".
  7. ↑ "Brent Staker". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Justine Schofield Welcomes First Baby With Partner Brent Staker". Star 104.5 . 5 September 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
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