Jade Sheedy

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Jade Sheedy
Personal information
Full name Jade Sheedy
Date of birth (1979-12-18) 18 December 1979 (age 43)
Original team(s) Mildura Imperials
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2000–2012 Sturt 255 (117)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2012.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Jade Sheedy (born 18 December 1979) [1] is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Recruited to Sturt from Mildura club Imperials in 2000, Sheedy was a member of the Sturt premiership team of 2002, a year he won the Magarey Medal with teammate Tim Weatherald. He was Sturt captain from 2007 to 2012 and captained the state football team in 2008 and 2009. [2]

Sheedy was appointed league coach of Woodville-West Torrens in 2020 and guided the Eagles to a Premiership in his first season at the helm, defeating North Adelaide by 39 points in the Grand Final.

In 2021, he coached the SANFL State team to victory over Western Australia at Adelaide Oval. Also in 2021 he became the first Woodville-West Torrens coach to lead the team to back to back premierships defeating minor premiers glenelg at Adelaide Oval.

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References

  1. Sturt Football Club player information
  2. "SANFL State Games records". Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.