Brendon Gale

Infobox afl player


firstname = Brendon
lastname = Gale


birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1968|7|18
birthplace =
originalteam = Sandy Bay/Burnie
heightweight = 198cm / 104kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1990
debutteam = Richmond
debutopponent = Brisbane
debutstadium = Carrara Stadium
debutdate = Round 1, 31 March 1990
playingteams = Richmond (1990-2001)

244 games, 209 goals
coach = notcoach
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =

*Tasmanian Representative Games:- 4
*Richmond Life Member 1997

Brendon 'Benny' Gale (born 18 July 1968) is an influential Australian rules football sports administrator and former player from the Australian Football League.

He is the CEO of the AFL Players' Association and member of the AFL's "Laws of the Game" or Rules Committee.

Playing career

Gale played for the Richmond Football Club from 1990 to 2001 as a centre half-forward and later ruckman. For five seasons he played alongside his older brother, Michael, who transferred from the Fitzroy Football Club at the end of the 1993 season. Their father, Don Gale, was a champion Tasmanian footballer who became the first player from the NWFU to achieve All Australian selection. Their grandfather, Jack Gale, played three games for Richmond in 1924.

He was recognisable on the field with his long hair and strong physique which resembled Tarzan, one of the nicknames which fans gave him.

References

* Hogan P: "The Tigers Of Old" , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996