Troy Bond

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Troy Bond
Personal information
Full name Troy Bond
Date of birth (1973-07-14) 14 July 1973 (age 46)
Original team(s) Port Adelaide
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1991-1993, 1997-2000 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 59 (54)
1994–1995 Carlton 36 (26)
1996–1999 Adelaide 58 (51)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Troy Bond (born 14 July 1973) is a premiership winning player, former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between goal and behind posts.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional men's competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing the following year. The VFL, aiming to become a national competition, began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s, and changed its name to the AFL in 1990.

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AFL career

Carlton career (1994–1995)

He started his career at the Carlton Football Club in 1994, where he played 36 games and kicked 26 goals. He played fifteen games in their record-breaking premiership year in 1995. but was dropped for the Grand Final. Bond travelled home to Adelaide on the day before the big game without saying a word to coach David Parkin or his teammates.

Carlton Football Club Australian rules football club

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, the club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the competition's eight founding member clubs in 1896.

David Alex Parkin, OAM is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach.

Adelaide career (1996–1999)

He was traded to Adelaide at the end of the 1995 season. He had a magnificent 1997 finals series, kicking 10 goals including four goals in the grand final win. Bond struggled with hamstring injuries in the 1998 season and only managed 10 games and missed out on the chance to play in back to back premierships due to a shoulder reconstruction. Bond yet again only played 10 games in an injury affected 1999 season. In the first pre season with Gary Ayres as coach, Bond got as fit as he had ever been in preparation for playing in the midfield, however a hip injury ended his 94 AFL game career. [1] He played 58 games and kicked 63 goals for the Crows.

Gary James Ayres is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club. He is currently the senior coach for the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Statistics

[2]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
SeasonTeamNo.Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
TotalsAverages (per game)
1994 Carlton 82125151377321042251.20.76.53.510.02.01.2
1995 Carlton 81511188341222570.10.75.92.38.11.70.5
1996 Adelaide 1820141223412035474210.70.611.76.017.73.71.1
1997 Adelaide 18182091498022955331.10.58.34.412.73.11.8
1998 Adelaide 181083713110226110.80.37.13.110.22.61.1
1999 Adelaide 18109774321062660.90.77.43.210.62.60.6
Career94775775337011232481030.80.68.03.911.92.61.1

Personal life

Bond's younger brother Shane also played AFL football, for the West Coast Eagles and Port Adelaide Football Club.

West Coast Eagles Australian rules football club

The West Coast Eagles Football Club, nicknamed The Eagles, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Port Adelaide Football Club Australian rules football club

Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia. The club's senior team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Port Adelaide is the oldest professional sporting club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL. Since the club's founding on 12 May 1870, the club has won 36 South Australian league premierships, including six in a row. The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions. After successfully winning an AFL licence in 1994 the club began competing in the Australian Football League in 1997 as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club—and has subsequently added the 2004 AFL premiership to its achievements.

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References

  1. "Where are they now? Troy Bond". Adelaide Football Club.
  2. Troy Bond's player profile at AFL Tables