Doug Wade

Doug Wade
Doug Wade
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Graeme Wade
Date of birth	16 October 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth	Horsham, Victoria
Original team(s)	Horsham (WFL)
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1961 – 1972	Geelong
1973 – 1975	North Melbourne
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975.
Career highlights
	2x VFL Premiership player: (1963, 1975); 4x Coleman Medallist: (1962, 1967, 1969, 1974); Carji Greeves Medal: (1969); 11x Geelong leading goalkicker: (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972); 3x North Melbourne leading goalkicker: (1973, 1974, 1975); Geelong Team of the Century; Victorian representative (7 games, 31 goals).;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Douglas Graeme Wade (born 16 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He was the League's leading goal scorer (winning the Coleman Medal) on four occasions from 1962 until 1974. He was only the second player (after Collingwood's Gordon Coventry), and the first post-WW2 to kick over 1,000 goals in his career.^[1] Only four other players – Gary Ablett Snr (Hawthorn/Geelong), Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn), Tony Lockett (St Kilda/Sydney) and Lance Franklin (Hawthorn/Sydney) have emulated the effort.^[2]

^ "Grand Trophy for Wade". The Age. 2 September 1974.
^ "Most Career Goals". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

[Goal_1000-1] "Grand Trophy for Wade". The Age. 2 September 1974.

[2] "Most Career Goals". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

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