Brendon Gale

Brendon Gale
Gale in his role as club CEO at the unfurling of Richmond's 2017 AFL Premiership flag.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-07-18) 18 July 1968
Place of birth	Burnie, Tasmania
Original team(s)	Burnie Hawks
Draft	No. 27, 1987 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 31 March 1990, Richmond vs. Brisbane, at Carrara Stadium
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Position(s)	Centre Half-Forward / Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1990–2001	Richmond	244 (209)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Career highlights
Tasmanian Representative Games:- 4 Richmond Life Member 1997 Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame (Legend)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brendon Gale (born 18 July 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

After his AFL playing career, Gale practised law with commercial law firm King Wood Mallesons, until serving as chief executive officer of the AFL Players' Association from 2005 to 2009. He was also a member of the AFL's "Laws of the Game" or Rules Committee. On 10 August 2009, he was appointed CEO of Richmond.

Playing career

Gale played for the Richmond Football Club from 1990 to 2001 as a centre half-forward and later ruckman. For five seasons he played alongside his older brother, Michael, who was a very skilled football player some may say even amazing, who transferred from the Fitzroy Football Club at the end of the 1993 season. Michael was also a very skilled pianist and flutist. Brendon was appointed vice-captain of the club between 1994 and 1997. Their father, Don Gale, was a champion Tasmanian footballer who became the first player from the NWFU to achieve All Australian selection. Their grandfather, Jack Gale, played three games for Richmond in 1924.

For a period during his playing days Gale played guitar in a small band called Trial By Video, which included other footballers Mark Zanotti, Tony Woods, and Paul Bulluss.

Statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
1990	Richmond	25	22	21	22	150	75	225	100	24	14	1.0	1.0	6.8	3.4	10.2	4.5	1.1	0.6
1991	Richmond	25	21	16	15	159	104	263	118	16	39	0.8	0.7	7.6	5.0	12.5	5.6	0.8	1.9
1992	Richmond	25	18	7	9	162	112	274	103	15	51	0.4	0.5	9.0	6.2	15.2	5.7	0.8	2.8
1993	Richmond	25	16	26	21	162	91	253	134	10	64	1.6	1.3	10.1	5.7	15.8	8.4	0.6	4.0
1994	Richmond	25	21	27	24	191	101	292	144	14	62	1.3	1.1	9.1	4.8	13.9	6.9	0.7	3.0
1995	Richmond	25	24	30	15	210	95	305	133	28	117	1.3	0.6	8.8	4.0	12.7	5.5	1.2	4.9
1996	Richmond	25	22	34	25	178	88	266	129	20	42	1.5	1.1	8.1	4.0	12.1	5.9	0.9	1.9
1997	Richmond	25	19	12	8	168	93	261	102	26	206	0.6	0.4	8.8	4.9	13.7	5.4	1.4	10.8
1998	Richmond	25	21	4	1	191	144	335	128	22	393	0.2	0.0	9.1	6.9	16.0	6.1	1.0	18.7
1999	Richmond	25	18	6	3	137	77	214	93	17	297	0.3	0.2	7.6	4.3	11.9	5.2	0.9	16.5
2000	Richmond	25	20	22	3	165	86	251	107	15	239	1.1	0.2	8.3	4.3	12.6	5.4	0.8	12.0
2001	Richmond	25	22	4	1	102	149	251	92	24	308	0.2	0.0	4.6	6.8	11.4	4.2	1.1	14.0
Career			244	209	147	1975	1215	3190	1383	231	1832	0.9	0.6	8.1	5.0	13.1	5.7	0.9	7.5

Bibliography

• Hogan P: The Tigers of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

• Brendon Gale's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Brendon Gale at AustralianFootball.com
• Greenberg, Tony (18 November 2012). "Top 10 Tiger draftees: No. 5 – Brendon Gale". Richmond Football Club. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.