Rodney Eade

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playername = Rodney Eade
fullname = Rodney Eade
image capt =
birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1958|4|4
birthplace = Tasmania
originalteam = Glenorchy
heightweight = 183cm / 84kg
position = Winger
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
years = 1976-1987 1988-1990
clubs = flagicon|Victoria AFL Haw flagicon|Queensland AFL BB
games(goals) = 229 (46) 30 (3)
coachyears = 1996-2002 2005-
coachclubs = flagicon|New South Wales AFL Syd flagicon|Victoria AFL WB
coachgames(wins) = 152 (89) 56 (35)
statsend = 2007
careerhighlights =

*Hawthorn premiership side 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986

Rodney "Rocket" Eade (born 4 April 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer and currently coach of the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

Playing career

Recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania, the winger played 229 games and kicked 46 goals for Hawthorn between 1976-1987, playing in the 1976, 1978, 1983, and 1986 premierships. He moved to the Brisbane Bears in 1988, playing 30 games and kicking 3 goals until his retirement in 1990.

Coaching career

Brisbane Bears

Eade coached the Brisbane Bears to an AFL Reserves Premiership in 1991.

ydney Swans

He took the coaching reins of the Sydney Swans in 1996, taking them to a Grand Final in his first year however they lost to North Melbourne. Rodney Eade resigned following a narrow round 12 loss to Geelong in 2002.,he was replaced by Paul Roos for the rest of the 2002 season who was eventully appointed full time.

Western Bulldogs

He spent 2003 and 2004 as a media writer and commentator, before being appointed coach of the Western Bulldogs for the 2005 season. In his first season as coach, he took an under-achieving Bulldogs side within a goal of a finals series berth, when they had finished with less than 5 wins in the previous two years. In 2006, he took the 'Dogs to a final series for the first time since Terry Wallace in 2000. His job was in jeopardy in 2007 due to a sudden downturn in the team's performance, but rather than firing him, the club limited his expansive duties [Smith, Patrick. "Eade Cops Rocket after Review." "The Australian." 8 November 2007. EBSCOhost: "Newspaper Source". Accessed 16 December 2007, http://web.ebscohost.com]

In the 2008 season, Eade coached the Bulldogs to 3rd on the ladder, and then the club's first preliminary final since 1998.

Coaching Record

*AFL Syd(1996-2002) 152 games - 89 wins, 69 losses, 2 draws
*AFL WB(2005-present) 46 games - 35 wins, 21 losses

References