Brodie Grundy

Brodie Grundy

Grundy signs autographs with Collingwood in 2014
Personal information
Full name Brodie Grundy
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994
Place of birth South Australia
Original team(s) Sturt (SANFL)
Draft #18, 2012 AFL Draft, Collingwood
Height/Weight 199 cm / 110 kg
Position(s) Ruckman
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 4
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Collingwood 46 (14)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 6, 2016 season.
Career highlights

Brodie Grundy (born 15 April 1994) is a professional Australian rules football player with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Background

Grundy was born in Adelaide, South Australia and attended Cabra Dominican College, a private Catholic high school in the southern suburbs of the city, graduating in 2011.[1]

Career

A former basketball player, Grundy switched to Australian rules football in 2010.[2] Following a successful season playing as a ruckman with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Sturt's junior teams, Grundy was recruited by Collingwood with draft pick #18 in the 2012 AFL Draft.

Grundy was the Round 22 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award.[3]

In March 2014, Grundy signed a three-year contract extension until the end of the 2017 AFL season.[4]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2014 season[5]
Legend
 D  Disposals  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs  G  Goals  B  Behinds
Season Team # Games D K H M T H/O G B D K H M T H/O G B
Totals Averages (per game)
2013 Collingwood 35 7 88 35 53 18 22 151 1 3 12.6 5 7.6 2.6 3.1 21.6 0.1 0.4
2014 Collingwood 4 15 152 73 79 36 51 272 3 8 10.1 4.9 5.3 2.4 3.4 18.1 0.2 0.5
Career 22 240 108 132 54 73 423 4 11 10.9 4.9 6 2.5 3.3 19.2 0.2 0.5

References

  1. "Numbers add up for Brodie Grundy", Adelaide Now, 10 November 2014, retrieved 28 March 2014
  2. Walsh, Courtney (8 August 2013). "Experience counts for little as Brodie Grundy eyes September". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. Guthrie, Ben (27 August 2013). "Young Pie Grundy a rising star nominee". AFL.com.au (BigPond).
  4. Chiarelli, Simon (19 March 2014). "Grundy recommits until 2017". collingwoodfc.com.au (BigPond).
  5. "Sam Blease statistics". AFL Tables.

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