Gerald Ugle

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Gerald Ugle
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) Beverley Football Club
Debut Round 17, 2012, Greater Western Sydney  vs. Fremantle, at Subiaco Oval
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2010, 2014 Perth 20 (18)
2012–2013 Greater Western Sydney 3 (1)
2015–2019 Peel Thunder 100 (117)
2021 Mines Rovers 17 (22)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2013 Indigenous All-Stars 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2015.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gerald Ugle [1] (born 31 January 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Ugle has several relatives with AFL experience; former West Coast Eagles player Troy Ugle is his great uncle and former Collingwood player Kirk Ugle is his first cousin. [2]

Early life

He began attending Guildford Grammar School in year 9 on an Indigenous scholarship. Playing on the football team, he eventually captained the school football team. He graduated year 12 in 2010. [2] [3]

As a 15-year-old he won the reserves best and fairest award for Beverley Football Club in the Avon Football Association despite missing large parts of the season. [4]

Ugle represented Western Australia at 2009 U-16 and 2010 U-18 National Championships. [5] He made his West Australian Football League (WAFL) league debut for Perth in round 23 of the 2010 season. [6]

AFL career

Ugle was selected as a 17-year-old by Greater Western Sydney in October 2010. [7] In July 2012, Ugle made his AFL senior debut against Fremantle, the team he supported as a child. [5] [8]

In September 2013, he was delisted by the Giants, having played three AFL matches in his two years at the club. [9]

Post AFL career

After being delisted by the Giants, Ugle re-joined WAFL club Perth, signing a two year contract with the Demons in November 2013. [10] However, after one season with Perth, Ugle moved to Peel Thunder for the 2015 season. [11] [12]

With the retirement of Brendon Jones, Ugle was appointed Peel's captain for the 2016 season. [13] Ugle captained Peel to back-to-back WAFL premierships in 2016 [14] and 2017, [15] defeating Subiaco on both occasions.

Season 2019 saw Ugle relinquish the captaincy to former Essendon midfielder and reigning Thunder best and fairest Ben Howlett, with Ugle taking on a mentor role to the leadership group. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Also incorrectly referred to as Gerard Ugle
  2. 1 2 O'Donoghue, Craig (3 December 2010). "Ugle has pedigree to shine with GWS". The West Australian. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ugle signs with AFL's Greater Western Sydney Giants". Guildford Grammar School. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Beverley boy Gerald Ugle joins Greater West Sydney Giants". Beverley Football Club. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Gerald Ugle". Australian Football League. 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gerald UGLE (Perth)". WAFL Online. West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Michell, Tim (2 December 2010). "GWS Giants snap up three of WA's top talents". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Chadwick, Justin (23 July 2012). "Giants felled by Pavlich's kicking magic". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2012. ...debutants Sam Frost and Gerald Ugle among the goalkickers.
  9. ↑ "O'hAilpin, Thornton among five Giants delisted". afl.com.au. 4 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "DEMONS UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2013". Perth Football Club. 25 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Three in at the Demons as Ugle heads to the Thunder". Perth Football Club. 23 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Pike, Chris (11 February 2015). "Ugle joins Peel with aim of WAFL success". West Australian Football Commission.
  13. ↑ Lacy, Bridget (16 March 2016). "Pressure on Peel to repeat". The West Australian.
  14. ↑ Pike, Chris (25 September 2016). "Fremantle-boosted Peel Thunder wins historic WAFL premiership after downing Subiaco". PerthNow.
  15. ↑ Reid, Russell (24 September 2017). "Peel Thunder go back-to-back in WAFL grand final with 16-point win over Subiaco". PerthNow.
  16. ↑ "2019 Peel Thunder WAFL Captain and Leadership Group". Peel Thunder Football Club. 3 April 2019.
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