Darren Bradshaw (Australian footballer)

Darren Bradshaw
Personal information
Full name Darren John Bradshaw[1]
Born (1980-11-05) 5 November 1980
Original team Wodonga
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2002 Brisbane Lions 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Darren Bradshaw (born 5 November 1980) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Bradshaw joined Brisbane from Wodonga, during their run of three successive premierships.[2] As a result, he found it difficult to break into the team, playing his first and only AFL game when his brother and fellow forward Daniel Bradshaw was omitted.[3] In a win over Richmond at Docklands in 2002, Bradshaw had just three disposals and was delisted at the end of the year.

Recruited by South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club West Adelaide in 2003, Bradshaw kicked 88 goals after the home and away season to win the Ken Farmer Medal and booted 97 goals in total, after appearing in a Grand Final loss to Central District. He also won West Adelaide's Best & Fairest award.[4] He later played for Howlong in the Hume Football League

Footnotes

  1. ^ O'Connell, Ronan (5 October 2010). "Footballer handed pub ban". The West Australian. p. 19. Darren John Bradshaw, 29, whose brother Daniel plays for the Sydney Swans and is a 231-game veteran of the AFL, was handed a prohibition order by director of liquor licensing Barry Sargeant banning him from entering any licensed venue in WA.
  2. ^ Reid, Russell (15 June 2002). "Bradshaw keen to join brother". The West Australian. p. 112.
  3. ^ "Bradshaw out, in - Darren to make debut". The Gold Coast Bulletin. 12 July 2002. p. 66.
  4. ^ Daffey, Paul (17 April 2004). "Bradshaw ends circle work". Sport. The Age. p. 4.

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