Rodney Eade
Personal information
Full name	Rodney Eade
Date of birth	4 April 1958 (1958-04-04) (age 51)
Place of birth	Tasmania
Recruited from	Glenorchy
Height/Weight	183cm / 84kg
Position(s)	Wingman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1976-1987 1988-1990	Hawthorn Brisbane Bears	229 (46) 30 (3) 259 (49)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W-L-D)
1996-2002 2005-	Sydney Western Bulldogs	152 (89) 56 (35)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2008 season .

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Brisbane Bears

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

[edit] Sydney 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 eventually appointed full time.

[edit] 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^[1]

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

[edit] Coaching Record

• Sydney(1996-2002) 152 games - 89 wins, 69 losses, 2 draws
• Western Bulldogs(2005-present) 66 games - 45 wins, 21 losses, 2 draws

[edit] References

1. ^ Smith, Patrick. "Eade Cops Rocket after Review." The Australian. 8 November 2007. EBSCOhost: Newspaper Source. Accessed 16 December 2007, http://web.ebscohost.com

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