- Troy Broadbridge
Infobox afl player | firstname = Troy
lastname = Broadbridge
birthdate = birth date|1980|10|5|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam =Port Adelaide Magpies (SANFL )
dead = dead
deathdate = death date and age|2004|12|26|1980|10|5|df=y
deathplace =Thailand
debutdate = Round 8, 20 May 2001
debutteam = Melbourne
debutopponent = Essendon
debutstadium =Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Melbourne (2001–2004)40 games, 2 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2005
careerhighlights = Melbourne Most Improved Player 2001Troy Broadbridge (5 October 1980–26 December 2004) was an
Australian rules football player with theMelbourne Football Club in theAustralian Football League .Broadbridge began his career as a defender with Port Adelaide in the
South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and was drafted by the Melbourne Football Club at the beginning of the2001 AFL season . He won the club's Most Improved Player award in 2001, and became a regular in the side, playing a total of 26 games over his two seasons.He married his fiancee, Trisha on 18 December 2004. On 26 December, while spending his honeymoon in
Phi Phi ,Thailand , he was swept out to sea by thetsunami which followed the2004 Indian Ocean earthquake . His father located his body in a Thai morgue on 3 January.Trisha Broadbridge wrote a book about the events, "Beyond The Wave", and was named as the 2006 YoungAustralian of the Year for her volunteer work for various charities.External links
*AflRleague|ref=T/Troy_Broadbridge.html
* [http://melbournefc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=181823 Melbourne Football Club website, with statement from Trisha Broadbridge]
* [http://melbournefc.com.au/?pg=players&spg=playerprofile&personid=13373 AFL biography of Troy Broadbridge]
* [http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=181789 Demons wait on Broadbridge]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1275893.htm AFL player's body found in Thailand]
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