Rodney Eade
| Rodney Eade | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Rodney Eade | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Tasmania | ||
| Original team(s) | Glenorchy | ||
| Height / weight | 183 cm / 84 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Wingman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1976 – 1987 | Hawthorn | 229 (46) | |
| 1988 – 1990 | Brisbane Bears | 30 (3) | |
| Total | 259 (49) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1996 – 2002 | Sydney | 152 (81–69–2) | |
| 2005 – 2011 | Western Bulldogs | 162 (88–72–2) | |
| 2015 – | Gold Coast | 44 (10–33–1) | |
| Total | 358 (179–174–5) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1990.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of the end of 2016.
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| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Rodney Eade (born 4 April 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is a former coach of both the Sydney Swans and the Western Bulldogs. He has, to date, coached 336 games of AFL football, placing him first on the all-time AFL/VFL list of most games coached without a premiership.
Recruited from Glenorchy, while still a schoolboy, young Rodney Eade made his VFL debut as an 18-year-old. Playing with a lot of dash and blistering speed Eade capped out his debut season by playing in the 1976 premiership team. He went on to play in the 1978, 1983, and 1986 premierships sides. In all the winger played 229 games and kicked 46 goals for Hawthorn between 1976–1987. His time at the Hawks finished when he moved to the Brisbane Bears in 1988. Injuries later on as he got older Eade managed to play 30 games and kicking three goals until his retirement in 1990.
Immediately following his retirement at the end of 1990, Eade took up coaching. In 1991 he was the reserves coach of the Brisbane Bears and led the Bears to the reserves' premiership in that season. He later coached the North Melbourne reserves, and led it to the premiership in 1995. These successes at reserves level gave Eade a strong case for a senior coaching job in 1996.
Eade became coach of the Sydney Swans in 1996, taking them to a grand final in which they lost to North Melbourne. In his second year, in the 1997 season, he took Sydney to sixth on the ladder but they were eliminated in the qualifying finals to the Western Bulldogs. In the 1998 season, he took Sydney to a better performance to third on the ladder where they defeated St Kilda in the qualifying finals before being beaten by Adelaide, the eventual premiers, in the semi finals. In the 1999 season he took Sydney to eighth spot on the ladder where they were eliminated in the qualifying finals to Essendon by 69 points. In the 2000 season, he took Sydney to eleventh spot on the ladder, missing out in the finals. In the 2001 season, he took Sydney back into the finals finishing with seventh spot on the ladder before being beaten by Hawthorn in the elimination finals. In the 2002 season, with Sydney's record becoming worse week by week and being placed fourteenth on the ladder, Eade resigned following a narrow Round 12 loss to Geelong; he was replaced by Paul Roos for the rest of the 2002 season and Roos was eventually appointed full-time.
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