Scott Pendlebury

Scott Pendlebury
Pendlebury playing for Collingwood in 2017
Personal information
Full name Scott Pendlebury
Nickname(s) Pendles[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Sale, Victoria
Original team(s) Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 5, 2005 national draft
Debut Round 10, 2006, Collingwood vs. Brisbane Lions, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 10
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2006– Collingwood 403 (201)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2008, 2020 Victoria 2 (0)
2008–2017 Australia 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Scott Pendlebury (born 7 January 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He served as Collingwood captain from 2014 to 2022. Pendlebury is a dual premiership player, also winning the Norm Smith Medal as best on ground in the 2010 grand final replay, and was the AFLCA champion player of the year in 2013. He is a six-time All-Australian and five-time Copeland Trophy winner, and is the Collingwood games record holder with 403 games. Pendlebury is the league record holder for disposals, handballs and tackles,[2] and also has the most Brownlow Medal votes of any player who has not won the award.[3]

  1. ^ "'It could be my last year': Pendles ponders retirement as THREE vice-captains revealed". afl.com.au. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Career stats – totals and averages". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Brownlow Medal Career Totals". afltables.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.