Brent Staker
| Brent Staker | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brent Staker | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1984 | ||
| Original team | NSW/ACT Rams (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | #37, 2002 National Draft, West Coast | ||
| Height/Weight | 196cm / 96kg | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | ||
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| Current club | Brisbane Lions | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2003–2009 2010– Total |
West Coast Brisbane Lions |
110 (84) 29 (14) 139 (98) |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
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Brent Staker (born 23 May 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL, who plays for the Brisbane Lions.
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[edit] Early life
Staker grew up in Broken Hill in remote country New South Wales. He went to Burke Ward Public School where he made a time capsule to be opened on 2020. He made his A Grade debut in 2000 at age 15 for West Broken Hill(The Club at which his father Alan holds the record for most senior games played) playing in their losing grand final side that year
[edit] AFL career
[edit] West Coast
Recruited from NSW/ACT Rams (Under 18s), he made his debut in 2003.
In round seven 2004, he earned a AFL Rising Star nomination when he kicked three goals against Melbourne.
Staker was punched by Barry Hall on 12 April 2008 in a game against the Sydney Swans at ANZ Stadium [1]. Hall was suspended for seven weeks [2]. Later in the same match Hall broke his wrist, potentially keeping him out of the game for more than his suspension period. This was not his only hiccup in matches against the Swans however; in the 2005 AFL Grand Final he was slapped with a 50-metre penalty in the dying moments following an incident involving Adam Goodes in a play that cost West Coast the game.
[edit] Brisbane Lions
At the end of the 2009 season Staker told the Eagles that he wished to be traded away from Western Australia; the Eagles traded him to the Brisbane Lions with its third round draft pick (#39 overall) for Bradd Dalziell.
[edit] External links
- Brent Staker's statistics from AFL Tables
- Brent Staker's profile on the Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles Football Club
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