Chad Wingard

Chad Wingard

Wingard warming up before a
game at Adelaide Oval in 2015
Personal information
Full name Chad Jordan Wingard
Date of birth (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993
Place of birth Murray Bridge, Australia
Original team(s) Imperial (RMFL), Sturt (SANFL)
Draft No. 6, 2011 National Draft, Port Adelaide
Height / weight 181cm / 82kg
Position(s) Midfielder/Forward
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 20
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2012– Port Adelaide 107 (186)[1]
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2013
2014		 Indigenous All-Stars
Australia Australia		 1 (0)
1 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2014.
Career highlights

Chad Jordan Wingard (born 29 July 1993) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted to Port Adelaide with the sixth selection in the 2011 AFL Draft from the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian Football League (SANFL).[2]

Early life

Wingard was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia. His father, Trevor, is part of the Indigenous Australian Kaurna people and his mother is Irish.[3][4][5] At 16 and 60 kg, Wingard was a member of Murray Bridge's 2009 Imperial Football Club league team that won the River Murray Football League premiership.[6] In that game he kicked five goals.[7]

"He came on 19 minutes into first quarter – kicking five goals, including three of most freakish you’d wish to see”
— Tony Fielke, Imperial Football Club A-grade coach.[8]

AFL career

Wingard made his debut for Port Adelaide in Round 1, 2012 against St Kilda. His breakout game came during Port Adelaide's round 22, 2012 loss to the Brisbane Lions where he received an AFL Rising Star nomination for his 27 disposal, 1 goal and 5 mark performance.

For season 2013, which was only his second season, he averaged 21.3 disposals a game and kicked 43 goals in 2013 and was named in the 2013 All-Australian team, making him the youngest player to make an All-Australian team since Mark Ricciuto in 1994.[9] Wingard's 2013 season also saw him win the Showdown Medal for his five-goal performance in round 19 against the Adelaide Crows where he was described after the match as "Port's most exciting player since Gavin Wanganeen."[10] At season's end, he was rewarded with the John Cahill Medal, making him the youngest player to win a best and fairest at Port Adelaide since Craig Bradley in 1982.

Wingard's 2014 season saw his averages go down from 21 disposals per game to 16 per game, however he still managed to kick 43 goals in total. He won the 2014 Mark of the Year in round 12 by jumping high above Sean Dempster.

Season 2015 is considered Wingard's greatest season to date. He booted a career high 53 goals to be the club's leading goal kicker of the season by kicking multiple goals in every game from rounds 8 to 22 as well as kicking at least one goal in every game until round 23. Wingard also averaged 19.2 disposals a game and was recognised with the All-Australian selection, a stunning achievement for a player having completed just his fourth year at AFL level.[11]

Career statistics

Brownlow Medal votes
Season Votes
2012 —
2013 8
2014 6
2015 6
2016 3
Total 23
Key:
Green / Bold = Won
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2012 Port Adelaide 201991010812923736460.470.535.686.7912.471.892.42
2013 Port Adelaide 20244320309200509104471.790.8312.888.3321.214.331.96
2014 Port Adelaide 2024433124314739094741.791.2910.136.1316.253.923.08
2015 Port Adelaide 2022532727015242285672.411.2312.276.9119.183.863.05
2016 Port Adelaide 20 18 38 24 181 97 278 52 39 2.11 1.33 10.06 5.39 15.44 2.89 2.17
Career 107 186 112 1111 725 1836 371 273 1.66 0.99 10.45 7.06 17.51 3.58 2.63

References

  1. ↑ "Chad Wingard of the Port Adelaide Power Career AFL Stats". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. ↑ Capel, Andrew (November 25, 2011). "Wingard a win for Port Adelaide". AdelaideNow.com.au. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Power the pick for Crows fan Chad". Adelaide Now. 24 Nov 2011.
  4. ↑ "Gavin Wanganeen bonds with Chad Wingard". Adelaide Now. 18 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Chad Wingard". AFL Players' Indigenous Map 2012. AFLPA. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Chad Wingard: Once in a generation player - InDaily". InDaily. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  7. ↑ "River Murray 2009". countryfooty.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  8. ↑ "Chad Wingard: Once in a generation player - InDaily". InDaily. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  9. ↑ Huguenin, Michael (3 September 2013). "Top four dominate All-Australian squad".
  10. ↑ Thring, Harry. "Monfries miracle hands Port thrilling win in final AAMI Showdown". Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Wingard and Gray named in All-Australian team for the second time - portadelaidefc.com.au". portadelaidefc.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-31.

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