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Wade Thompson
	Wade Thompson
Personal information
Full name	Wade Thompson
Date of birth	August 28, 1988 (age 21)
Place of birth	South Australia
Recruited from	North Adelaide (SANFL)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Port Adelaide
Number	37
Playing career1
State team honours
	1 Playing statistics to end of Round 4, 2009 season . ;

Wade Thompson (born 28 August 1988) is an Australian Rules Football player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He is well known for his electrifying pace, with a good goal sense.^[1] He was drafted at No. 4 in the 2009 AFL Rookie draft from North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League.

After played in the opening round 2009 NAB Cup game against the Sydney Swans in which scored three goals, he continued to impress during the preseason and was elevated to the senior squad as a replacement for Jackson Trengove, who was placed on the long-term injury list.^[1]

In round 3 he made his AFL debut for Port Adelaide against Melbourne, becoming one of six Indigenous Australians in Port's side, equaling the record for the most indigenous players in a single AFL team.^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Port rookie quick to rise; Perth Now; 26 March 2009
^ Fjeldstad, Jesper (12 April 2009) For the record, Port Adelaide's Wade Thompson makes six; Herald Sun

[edit] External links

Wade Thompson's statistics from AFL Tables

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[elevation-0] Port rookie quick to rise; Perth Now; 26 March 2009

[1] Fjeldstad, Jesper (12 April 2009) For the record, Port Adelaide's Wade Thompson makes six; Herald Sun

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