Roger Luders
| Roger Luders | |||
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| Full name | Roger Gordon Luders | ||
| Date of birth | Unknown | ||
| Place of birth | South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | West Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Position(s) | Full forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1978–87 | West Adelaide (SANFL) | 165 (558) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1987.
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Roger Gordon Luders is a retired Australian Rules Football player who played his entire league career with the West Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1978 until his retirement in 1987. When playing for West Adelaide, Luders wore number 29.
As of 2014, Luders remains the all-time leading goal kicker for West Adelaide having kicked 558 during his career, almost 200 in front of second placed Adam Richardson who played for the Bloods between 1997 and 2002.
After coming through West Adelaide's junior ranks Roger Luders made his league debut with West Adelaide late in the 1978 SANFL season under Fos Williams in what would be Williams's final season of coaching league football. Luders played two games in 1978, kicking four goals.
Luders, who played at Full forward, quickly became known as one of the best 'high fliers' in South Australian football. Long time SANFL television commentator Ian Day (brother of West Adelaide Hall of Fame member Robert Day) stated during the telecast of West's last minor round game for 1983 against West Torrens at Football Park after he had taken one of his signature high marks that Luders would be worth his place is the West Adelaide side just for his spectacular high marking ability. During his time at West, Luders became one of the most popular players at the club, especially with its fans.
Luders was The Bloods' leading goalkicker from 1979 until 1984 with his supreme year coming in 1983 when he became the first West Adelaide player to ever kick over 100 goals in a season. He kicked 94 in 22 regular season games and with his 6th goal he kicked his historic 100th for the season in a 74 point win over reigning premiers Norwood in the Second Semi-final at Football Park. Two weeks later Luders kicked four goals in West Adelaide's 21.16 (142) to 16.12 (108) win over Sturt in the SANFL Grand Final to finish with 105 for the season, still the club record as of 2014. In front of 47,129 fans at Football Park, it was West Adelaide's first premiership since 1961 (both premierships were under the coaching of Neil Kerley).
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