Rodney Eade

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Rodney Eade
Personal information
Full name	Rodney Eade
Date of Birth	April 4, 1958 (1958-04-04) (age 50)
Place of Birth	Tasmania
Recruited from	Glenorchy
Height/Weight	183cm / 84kg
Position	Winger
Playing Career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1976-1987 1988-1990	Hawthorn Brisbane Bears	229 (46) 30 (3)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (Wins)
1996-2002 2005-	Sydney Swans Western Bulldogs	152 (89) 56 (35)
¹ Club statistics to end of 2007 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}} Career highlights Hawthorn premiership side 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986

Rodney "Rocket" Eade (born April 4, 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer and currently coach of the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 2.1 Brisbane Bears 2.2 Sydney Swans 2.3 Western Bulldogs 3 Coaching Record 4 References

[edit] Playing career

Recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania, the winger played 229 games and kicked 46 goals for Hawthorn between 1976-1987, playing in the 1976, 1978, 1983, and 1986 premierships. He moved to the Brisbane Bears in 1988, playing 30 games and kicking 3 goals until his retirement in 1990.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Brisbane Bears

Eade coached the Brisbane Bears to an AFL Reserves Premiership in 1991.

[edit] Sydney Swans

He took the coaching reins of the Sydney Swans in 1996, taking them to a Grand Final in his first year however they lost to North Melbourne. Rodney Eade was sacked following a narrow round 12 loss to Geelong in 2002.,he was replaced by Paul Roos for the rest of the 2002 season who was eventully appointed full time.

[edit] Western Bulldogs

He spent 2003 and 2004 as a media writer and commentator, before being appointed coach of the Western Bulldogs for the 2005 season. In his first season as coach, he took an under-achieving Bulldogs side within a goal of a finals series berth, when they had finished with less than 5 wins in the previous two years. In 2006, he took the 'Dogs to a final series for the first time since Terry Wallace in 2000. His job was in jeopardy in 2007 due to a sudden downturn in the team's performance, but rather than firing him, the club limited his expansive duties^[1]

[edit] Coaching Record

• Sydney Swans(1996-2002) 152 games - 89 wins, 69 losses, 2 draws
• Western Bulldogs(2005-present) 46 games - 35 wins, 21 losses

Preceded by Ron Barassi	Sydney Swans coach 1996-2002	Succeeded by Paul Roos
Preceded by Peter Rohde	Western Bulldogs coach 2005-	Succeeded by Incumbent

[edit] References

1. ^ Smith, Patrick. "Eade Cops Rocket after Review." The Australian. November 8, 2007. EBSCOhost: Newspaper Source. Accessed December 16, 2007, http://web.ebscohost.com

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Rodney Eade Premiership Teams
v • d • e 1976 Hawthorn Hawks Premiership Players Captain: Scott | Ablett | Bremner | Douge | Eade | Goad | Hendrie | Jones | Knights | Martello | K.Matthews | L.Matthews | Moncrieff | Moore | Murnane | O'Halloran | Polkinghorne | Rice | Rowlings | Tuck Coach: Kennedy
v • d • e 1978 Hawthorn Hawks Premiership Players Captain: Scott | Ablett | De Wolde | DiPierdomenico | Eade | Goss | Hendrie | Knights | Martello | Matthews | McCarthy | Moncrieff | Moore | Murnane | Paton | Polkinghorne | Russo | Tuck | Wallace | Walter Coach: Parkin
v • d • e 1983 Hawthorn Hawks Premiership Players Captain: Matthews | Ayres | Brereton | Buckenara | Byrne | DiPierdomenico | Eade | Greene | Judge | Kennedy | Knights | Loveridge | McCarthy | Mew | O'Halloran | Paton | Robertson | Schwab | Tuck | Wallace Coach: Jeans
v • d • e 1986 Hawthorn Hawks Premiership Players Captain: Tuck | Abbott | Ayres | Brereton | Buckenara | Curran | G.Dear | DiPierdomenico | Dunstall | Eade | Greene | Kennedy | Langford | Loveridge | Mew | Morris | Platten | Russo | Schwab | Wallace Coach: Jeans