Doug WADE

Wade, who had been well in the picture forward, took a towering mark on the boundary line on the stand side to kick a wonderful goal to bring Geelong only a point behind. Wade kicked the best goal of the day from the stand wing. The ball was scarcely in his hand when it was off his boot on its way through the sticks. GA April 1961 on debut

The Colourful Era


Wade was a tower of strength in the goalsquare whether in the air flying for a mark or on the ground in a one-on-one battle with his opponent. He was one’s of the game’s greatest full-forwards and topped Geelong’s goalkicking every year bar one between...

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