Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson
Personal information
Full name	Brad Johnson
Date of birth	18 July 1976 (1976-07-18) (age 33)
Place of birth	Hoppers Crossing, Victoria
Recruited from	Williamstown/Western U18s
Draft	11th overall, 1993 Western Bulldogs
Height/Weight	182cm / 87kg
Position(s)	Full-forward
Club information
Current club	Western Bulldogs
Number	6
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1994-	Western Bulldogs	349 (549)
1 Playing statistics to end of Preliminary Final , 2009 season .

Brad Johnson (born 18 July 1976 in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria) is an Australian rules footballer who is currently the captain of Australian Football League team Western Bulldogs. Despite his small size for his position, he is considered to be one of the best forwards in the game because of his overhead marking ability, and he also has the ability to play across half forward or in the midfield.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 AFL career 1.2 Playing positions 2 Media & personal life 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] AFL career

Recruited from Williamstown, Johnson made his debut in the 1994 season, and has been known as either a damaging forward or midfielder. Known as the "Smiling Assassin" due to the constant smile on his face, he is a popular figure around the club and has won three best and fairest awards - in 1999, 2002 and 2006.

In 2005, he kicked what a Goal of the Year contender - an amazing soccer-style half volley from an extremely tight angle on the boundary line.

Johnson has been selected in the All-Australian Team in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2006 he was chosen as captain of the Bulldogs following the injury of Luke Darcy and also as captain of the All Australian Team. Johnson capped off his 2006 season finishing second in the Coleman Medal with 70 goals, an amazing feat considering that he had played the final 11 games of the season with a shoulder injury that later required surgery.^[1]

He started the 2008 season against the Adelaide Crows in his 300th game and kicked five second-half goals, including three in the last seven minutes as the Bulldogs came out on top by three points.^[2]

In recent seasons, Johnson has had the misfortune of missing shots on goal after the final siren to win the game. In Round 9, 2008, against North Melbourne, Johnson missed a shot at goal from 35 meters out on a 45-degree angle. A year later in the same round, Johnson had the same opportunity but this time against the Geelong Cats from 10 meters in front of goal on a tight angle in which he also missed.

[edit] Playing positions

Brad Johnson regularly plays as a Full-forward but when he is heavily marked or out of play he can play as a Forward pocket or midfielder.

[edit] Media & personal life

Johnson is married to Donna and they now have two children, Ella and Jack.

He has co-hosted the children's AFL show Auskick'n Around on Fox Footy Channel with Essendon Football Club captain Matthew Lloyd before the show was cancelled at the end of 2005.

Brad Johnson is currently the Mix 101.1 Resident Footy Expert on Friday Mornings with 2 Women and a Metro.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Brad Johnson (Australian rules footballer) profile on the Official AFL Website of the Western Bulldogs Football Club
• Brad Johnson (Australian rules footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

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v • d • e 2005 Australian Football League All-Australian Team Defenders David Wirrpanda (West Coast) • Ben Rutten (Adelaide) • James Clement (Collingwood) • Joel Bowden (Richmond) • Trent Croad (Hawthorn) • Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) Midfielders Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) • Scott West (Western Bulldogs) • Lenny Hayes (St Kilda) Forwards Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide) • Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) • Shannon Grant (Kangaroos) • Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs) • Barry Hall (Sydney) • Peter Everitt (Hawthorn) Followers Dean Cox (West Coast) • Luke Ball (St Kilda) • Ben Cousins (West Coast) Interchange Leo Barry (Sydney) • Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide) • Simon Goodwin (Adelaide) • Brent Harvey (Kangaroos)

v • d • e 2006 All-Australian team Defenders Nathan Bassett (Adelaide) • Darren Glass (West Coast) • Lindsay Gilbee (Western Bulldogs) • Craig Bolton (Sydney) • Joel Bowden (Richmond) • Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) Midfielders Simon Goodwin (Adelaide) • Scott West (Western Bulldogs) • Adam Goodes (Sydney) Forwards Alan Didak (Collingwood) • Barry Hall (Sydney) • Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney) • Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs) • Brendan Fevola (Carlton) • Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) Followers Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide) • Chris Judd (West Coast) • Ben Cousins (West Coast) Interchange Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide) • Dean Cox (West Coast) • James McDonald (Melbourne) • Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)

v • d • e 2007 All-Australian team Defenders Darren Glass (West Coast) • Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) • Matthew Egan (Geelong) • Darren Milburn (Geelong) • Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) • Campbell Brown (Hawthorn) Midfielders Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) • Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide) • Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide) Forwards Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions) • Steve Johnson (Geelong) • Brent Harvey (North Melbourne) • Cameron Mooney (Geelong) • Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) • Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs) Followers Dean Cox (West Coast) • Daniel Kerr (West Coast) • Gary Ablett Jr. (Geelong) Interchange Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide) • Dustin Fletcher (Essendon) • Joel Corey (Geelong) • Cameron Ling (Geelong)

Preceded by Scott West	Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest winner 1999	Succeeded by Scott West
Preceded by Luke Darcy	Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest winner 2002	Succeeded by Scott West
Preceded by Scott West	Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest winner 2006	Succeeded by Brian Harris
Preceded by Mark Ricciuto	All-Australian Team Captain 2006	Succeeded by Andrew McLeod