Will Slade

Will Slade
Will Slade
Personal information
Date of birth	24 October 1983 (age 37)
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Scotch College / Oakleigh U18
Debut	Round 19, 2002, Geelong ; vs. St Kilda, at Docklands
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
	VFL premiership player: 2002; NAB Cup winners, 2006;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated June 02, 2021

Will Slade (born 24 October 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career

In round 19, 2002, Slade debuted for the Geelong Football Club. He played four senior games in his first year. Slade managed only 11 games between 2002 and 2005 due to chronic osteitis pubis.

Slade was delisted and redrafted in after the 2005 season. He played the first seven games of the 2006 season and had a big impact in the 2006 pre-season final.^[1]

Slade was delisted again at the end of the 2006 season,^[2] and despite training with Hawthorn prior to the pre-season draft,^[3] was not selected.

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[1] Where there's a Will, there's a way

[2] Cats cut, Dee retires, Mundy out

[3] Blues' boys in training

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v t e 2002 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Luke Webster 2. Josh Dicketts 3. Brent Tuckey 4. John Baird 5. Andrew Carrazzo 6. Mark Jamar 7. Nick Greenwood 8. James Podsiadly 9. Paul Thomas 10. Scott McGlone 11. Bret Thornton 12. Jordan Barham 13. Ben Kane 14. Kristian De Pasquale 15. Scott Howard 16. Darren Bradshaw
Second round	17. Josh Head 18. Ben Schwarze 19. Quinten Lynch 20. Stuart Cooper 21. Will Slade 22. David Robbins 23. Matthew Boyd 24. Justin Crow 25. Nathan Bock 26. Chris Obst 27. Ezra Bray 28. Courtney Johns 29. Djaran Whyman 30. Brad Miller 31. Adam Winter
Third round	33. Aaron Sandilands 34. Chris Jones 35. Clancy Rudeforth 36. Adam Chatfield 37. Ryan Ayres 39. Andrew Hill 40. Ben Rutten 41. Ricky O'Loughlin 42. Jordan Doering 43. Mark McKenzie 44. Nick Stone 45. Matt King 46. Ken Hall
Fourth round	49. Nicholas Walsh 50. Mark Dubyna 51. Martin Mattner 53. Michael Davis 54. Nick Jackman 55. Michael Georgiadis 56. Simon Hart 58. Leith Teakle 59. Gerrard Bennett 60. Adam Matthews
Post-draft	62. Tom Hill 64. Luke Jarjoura 65. David Mapleston 66. Nick Raines 67. Luke Weller

v t e 2006 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Ryan Jackson 2. Alan Toovey 3. Luke McEntee 4. Lachlan McKinnon 5. Angus Graham 6. Jason Roe 7. Paul Duffield 8. Tom Davidson 9. Jace Bode 10. Ed Lower 11. Thomas Rischbieth 12. Todd Grima 13. Brad Sugars 14. Cathal Corr 15. Steven Armstrong 16. Jonathan Simpkin
Second round	17. Craig Flint 18. Daniel Nicholls 19. Lukas Markovic 20. Heath Hocking 21. Jeremy Humm 22. Leonard Clark 23. Toby Stribling 25. Daniel Hughes 26. Djaran Whyman 27. Greg Bentley 28. Will Slade 29. Tom Redden 30. Dylan Pfitzner 31. Matt Priddis 32. James Wall
Third round	33. Shannon Cox 34. Stephen Gilham 35. Matthew Firman 36. Cameron Howat 37. Luke Forsyth 39. Shane Neaves 40. Tim Looby 41. Sam Hunt 42. Adrian Bonaddio 44. Michael Embley 45. Paul Currie
Fourth round	46. Ben Kane 47. Tim O'Keefe 49. Cheynee Stiller 51. Andre Gianfagna 52. Tom Logan 53. Sam Elliott 54. Simon Phillips
Fifth round	55. Ben McGlynn 57. Colm Begley 58. Kieren Jack
Sixth round	59. Brendan Quigley 60. Ed Barlow
Seventh round	61. Adam Prior
Eighth round	62. Sam Rowe

Will Slade

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-10-24) 24 October 1983 (age 37)
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Scotch College / Oakleigh U18
Debut	Round 19, 2002, Geelong vs. St Kilda, at Docklands
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002–2006	Geelong	17 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 2002 NAB Cup winners, 2006
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Will Slade

Contents

Early career

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References

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