Gerald Ugle
Gerald Ugle | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 31 January 1993 | ||
Original team(s) | Beverley Football Club | ||
Height/Weight | 180cm / 84kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2012–2013 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season. |
Gerald Ugle[1] (born 31 January 1993) is an Australian rules football player.
Biography
Ugle has several relatives with AFL experience; former West Coast Eagles player Troy Ugle is his great uncle and former Collingwood player Kirk Ugle is his first cousin.[2]
He began attending Guildford Grammar School in Year 9 on an Indigenous scholarship. Playing on the football team, he eventually captained the school football team. He graduated Year 12 in 2010.[2][3]
Playing career
As a 15-year-old he won the reserves best and fairest award for Beverley Football Club in the Avon Football Association despite missing large parts of the season.[4]
Ugle represented Western Australia at 2009 U-16 and 2010 U-18 National Championships.[5] He made his West Australian Football League (WAFL) league debut for Perth in Round 23 of the 2010 season.[6]
He was selected as a 17-year-old by Greater Western Sydney in October 2010.[7]
In July 2012, Ugle made his AFL senior debut against Fremantle, the team he supported as a child.[5][8]
On 4 September 2013, he was delisted by the Giants.[9]
References
- ↑ Also incorrectly referred to as Gerard Ugle
- 1 2 O'Donoghue, Craig (3 December 2010). "Ugle has pedigree to shine with GWS". The West Australian. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "Ugle signs with AFL's Greater Western Sydney Giants". Guildford Grammar School. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ↑ "Beverley boy Gerald Ugle joins Greater West Sydney Giants". Beverley Football Club. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- 1 2 "Gerald Ugle". Australian Football League. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "Gerald UGLE (Perth)". WAFL Online. West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ Michell, Tim (2 December 2010). "GWS Giants snap up three of WA's top talents". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ↑ Chadwick, Justin (23 July 2012). "Giants felled by Pavlich's kicking magic". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
...debutants Sam Frost and Gerald Ugle among the goalkickers.
- ↑ O'hAilpin, Thornton among five Giants delisted
External links
- Gerald Ugle's profile on the official website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants
- Gerald Ugle's statistics from AFL Tables