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 2001

Troy Broadbridge (5 October 1980–26 December 2004) was an Australian rules football player with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian 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 the 2001 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 the tsunami which followed the 2004 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 Young Australian 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]