- Brad Dodd
Infobox afl player
firstname = Brad
lastname = Dodd
birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|5|23
birthplace =
originalteam = East Fremantle, W.A.
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 29 March 1998
debutteam = Fremantle
debutopponent = Melbourne
debutstadium =Subiaco Oval
playingteams = Fremantle (1998–2001)50 games, 24 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =
Beacon Award, Fremantle, 1998Brad Dodd (born 23 May 1977) is a former
Australian rules football er in theAustralian Football League .Dodd was originally rookie drafted by the
Fremantle Football Club in 1997 from East Fremantle in theWest Australian Football League and was elevated to the senior list in 1998, where he made his debut against Melbourne in round 1 of that season. He played 20 out of a possible 22 games in his debut season, finishing the year with 9 goals. In 1999 he played just the 6 games, before playing 20 games again in 2001, scoring 10 goals.He played his last AFL game against Richmond at
Subiaco Oval in round 10 in 2001, when he suffered an injury to his knee, requiring a reconstruction. He played 50 games over four seasons at the club and although he remained on the team list during the 2002 season, he was delisted after not playing a game in 2002.He famously knocked out
Phillip Read in aWestern Derby , dubbed the "Demolition Derby" in Round 21, 2000. After seeing Read attack some of his teammates, Dodd took one punch to knock out Read, becoming known as "One Punch Dodd". cite news|url=http://www.dockerland.com/NewsPub/News/Stories/2005/11/18/11322728003.html|title=All Punched Out|publisher=Dockerland|date=2005-11-18|accessdate=2007-10-26]After Fremantle, he signed on to play with Claremont in the West Australian Football League, helping the team reach the grand final in 2003, but lost to South Fremantle, with Dodd being sent off after being reported twice in the game. He retired at the end of the 2005 WAFL season. cite news|url=http://www.dockerland.com/NewsPub/News/Stories/2005/11/18/11322728003.html|title=All Punched Out|publisher=Dockerland|date=2005-11-18|accessdate=2007-10-26]
He is the cousin of current Dockers player,
Steven Dodd .References
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