Kevin Wade (footballer)

Kevin Wade
Wade in 1942
Personal information
Full name Kevin Gerard Wade[1]
Date of birth (1922-06-30)30 June 1922
Date of death 18 July 2001(2001-07-18) (aged 79)
Original team(s) Northcote CYMS
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–1949 Collingwood 111 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin Gerard Wade (30 June 1922 – 18 July 2001)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Wade, who arrived at Collingwood from Northcote CYMS, started his career as a half forward and kicked four goals in a win over Hawthorn in round 16 of the 1942 VFL season.[3][4] By 1945 he was being used as a half back flanker and was one of just three Collinwood players to play all 22 games that year, including their 10-point preliminary final loss to Carlton.[4] He also played finals football for Collingwood in 1946 and 1948.[4]

At the start of the 1950 football season he joined Camberwell briefly, but was unable to get a clearance and returned to Collingwood.[5] He was then, on 25 May, reported to be in transfer talks with the Hawthorn Football Club.[6] Just four days after this was reported he broke his leg in a seconds match against Richmond.[7]

  1. ^ "Kevin Gerard Wade". Find a Grave.
  2. ^ "Kevin Wade". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. ^ a b c "AFL Tables: Kevin Wade". afltables.com.
  5. ^ The Argus,"League Football gossip", 19 May 1950, p. 21
  6. ^ The Argus,"Hawthorn bid for Wade", 25 May 1950, p. 23
  7. ^ The Argus,"Kevin Wade Breaks Leg", 29 May 1950, p. 17