Brian Lake
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Lake working as a boundary commentator for Fox Footy in February 2017
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| Full name | Brian Lake | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1982 | ||
| Original team(s) | Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 71, 2001 National Draft, Western Bulldogs | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2002–2012 | Western Bulldogs | 197 (32) | |
| 2013–2015 | Hawthorn | 54 (2) | |
| Total | 251 (34) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brian Lake (born Brian Harris; 27 February 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He now plays for his local club Caroline Springs in the West Region Football League, who won their first premiership in 2016.
Picked late in the 2001 AFL Draft at pick 71 from Woodville West-Torrens due to a sleep apnea condition that resulted in him falling asleep in club interviews. The Bulldogs discovered this and realised they could get him as late as they wished. Lake was a relatively late developer. Making his AFL debut late in the 2002 season, he was seen as a raw full-back who was some way from fully developing.
By the 2005 season, Lake's role in blanketing some of the best full-forwards in the game was seen as outstanding. He had come of age and shown significant improvement, much like many other of his Western Bulldogs teammates (such as Daniel Giansiracusa, Robert Murphy and Dale Morris), who led the team to within half a game of a finals' berth.
In 2007 he developed into one of the leading full-backs in the competition and is remembered for the match against St Kilda in which he held Fraser Gehrig, a dual-Coleman Medal winner, to no possessions for the entire match. That year he won the Charles Sutton Medal as the Bulldogs' best and fairest player.
Lake earned a place in the 2009 AFL All-Australian team in the back pocket as his first All-Australian honour. In season 2010, he was again named in the 2010 AFL All-Australian at full back. Lake has often been referred by many commentators as a "defensive monster" due to his ability to out strength his opponent and take the mark in contested situations.
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