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).

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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 (age 54)
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
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

After his AFL playing career, Gale practiced law with commercial law firm King Wood Mallesons, until serving as chief executive officer of the AFL Players' Association from 2005 to 2009.[1] 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.[2]

Statistics

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References

Bibliography

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brendon Gale.

• 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.