Michael Gale (footballer)
Appearance
Michael Gale | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 21 December 1966 | ||
Original team(s) | Marist College / Penguin | ||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1985–1993 | Fitzroy | 105 (29) | |
1994–1998 | Richmond | 91 (20) | |
Total | 196 (49) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Michael Gale (born 1966) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL/AFL between 1985 and 1993 for the Fitzroy Football Club and then from 1994 to 1998 for the Richmond Football Club.
His five seasons for the Tigers were played alongside his younger brother, Brendon. 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.
Gale was remembered for the wrong reasons, when during a game for Richmond he received the ball, and proceeded to kick it a good 40 – 50 metres in the wrong direction. This was much to the confusion of the crowd and players from both teams.
References
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External links
- Greenberg, Tony (16 October 2012). "Top 20 Tiger trade pick-ups: No. 12". Richmond Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Richmond Football Club players
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Tasmanian State of Origin players
- Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
- Penguin Football Club players
- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Allies State of Origin players
- Australian rules biography, 1960s birth stubs