Doug Wade

Douglas Graeme Wade (born 16 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Doug Wade
Personal information
Full name Douglas Graeme Wade
Date of birth (1941-10-16) 16 October 1941
Place of birth Horsham, Victoria
Original team(s) Horsham (WFL)
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1961 – 1972 Geelong 208 0(834)
1973 – 1975 North Melbourne 059 0(223)
Total 267 (1057)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975.
Career highlights
  • 2x VFL Premiership player: (1963, 1975)
  • 4x Coleman Medallist: (1962, 1967, 1969, 1974)
  • Carji Greeves Medal: (1969)
  • 11x Geelong leading goalkicker: (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972)
  • 3x North Melbourne leading goalkicker: (1973, 1974, 1975)
  • Geelong Team of the Century
  • Victorian representative (7 games, 31 goals).
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He was the League's leading goal scorer (winning the Coleman Medal) on four occasions from 1962 until 1974. He was only the second player (after Collingwood's Gordon Coventry), and the first post-WW2 to kick over 1,000 goals in his career. Only four other players – Gary Ablett Snr (Hawthorn/Geelong), Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn), Tony Lockett (St Kilda/Sydney) and Lance Franklin (Hawthorn/Sydney) have emulated the effort.

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