- Brendon Gale
Infobox afl player
firstname = Brendon
lastname = Gale
birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1968|7|18
birthplace =
originalteam = Sandy Bay/Burnie
heightweight = 198cm / 104kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1990
debutteam = Richmond
debutopponent = Brisbane
debutstadium =Carrara Stadium
debutdate = Round 1, 31 March 1990
playingteams = Richmond (1990-2001)244 games, 209 goals
coach = notcoach
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =
*Tasmanian Representative Games:- 4
*Richmond Life Member 1997Brendon 'Benny' Gale (born 18 July 1968) is an influential
Australian rules football sports administrator and former player from theAustralian Football League .He is the
CEO of theAFL Players' Association and member of the AFL's "Laws of the Game" or Rules Committee.Playing career
Gale played for the
Richmond Football Club from 1990 to 2001 as acentre half-forward and later ruckman. For five seasons he played alongside his older brother, Michael, who transferred from theFitzroy Football Club at the end of the 1993 season. Their father,Don Gale , was a championTasmania n footballer who became the first player from the NWFU to achieveAll Australian selection. Their grandfather, Jack Gale, played three games for Richmond in 1924.He was recognisable on the field with his long hair and strong physique which resembled
Tarzan , one of the nicknames which fans gave him.References
* Hogan P: "The Tigers Of Old" , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
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