Chad Wingard
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Wingard warming up before a
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Chad Jordan Wingard | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Murray Bridge, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Imperial (RMFL), Sturt (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 6, 2011 National Draft, Port Adelaide | ||
| Height / weight | 181cm / 82kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder/Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2012– | Port Adelaide | 108 (189) | |
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2013 | Indigenous All-Stars | 1 (0) | |
| 2014– |
 Australia
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1 (3) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017, Round 1.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2014.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Chad Jordan Wingard (born 29 July 1993) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted to Port Adelaide with the sixth selection in the 2011 AFL Draft from the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian Football League (SANFL).
Wingard was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia. His father, Trevor, is part of the Indigenous Australian Kaurna people and his mother is Irish. At 16 and 60 kg, Wingard was a member of Murray Bridge's 2009 Imperial Football Club league team that won the River Murray Football League premiership. In that game he kicked five goals.
Wingard made his debut for Port Adelaide in Round 1, 2012 against St Kilda. His breakout game came during Port Adelaide's round 22, 2012 loss to the Brisbane Lions where he received an AFL Rising Star nomination for his 27 disposal, 1 goal and 5 mark performance.
For season 2013, which was only his second season, he averaged 21.3 disposals a game and kicked 43 goals. He was named in the 2013 All-Australian team, making him the youngest player to make an All-Australian team since Mark Ricciuto in 1994. Wingard's 2013 season also saw him win the Showdown Medal for his five-goal performance in round 19 against the Adelaide Crows where he was described after the match as "Port's most exciting player since Gavin Wanganeen." At season's end, he was rewarded with the John Cahill Medal, making him the youngest player to win a best and fairest at Port Adelaide since Craig Bradley in 1982.
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