Scott Wade

Scott Wade
Personal information
Full name	Scott Wade
Date of birth	10 January 1960
Height/Weight	173 cm / 72 kg
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981–83	Hawthorn	12 (4)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1983 season.

Scott Wade (born 10 January 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1980s.

Wade, a Tasmanian recruit, spent three seasons at Hawthorn and made two appearances in their premiership year of 1983. A rover, he then returned to his home state and won two William Leitch Medals, firstly with Hobart in 1984 and then for Clarence in 1989. He finished his TFL career with 282 senior games and played in three premiership teams at Clarence as well as one with Hobart.

In 2006 he was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame. His son Matthew is a test cricketer.

He was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AFL Tasmania, a position he had held since 1999, until he resigned on the 9th of March 2016. The decision did not come as a surprise as Scott Wade oversaw the introduction and demise of the Tasmanian Devils VFL program and the subsequent sacking of coach Daryn Cresswell, he was also in charge when the Tassie Mariners were cut back to a part-time program, and more recently the failed merger between Hobart and North Hobart, and the inability for the Prospect Hawks to field a team in the 2016 senior competition. Wade was the third high profile executive to leave the organisation in less than a month, following the resignations of TSL general manager Sean Young, and Tasmanian Football Council boss Barry Gibson. His departure coincides with the imminent release of Simon Garlick's report into the state of Tasmanian Football.

References

• Scott Wade's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.