Full name Chad Jordan Wingard Name Chad Wingard Nominations AFL Rising Star Position(s) Midfielder/Forward Career start 2012 | Height/Weight 181cm / 82kg Weight 77 kg Height 1.82 m | |
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Date of birth (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 22) Role Australian Rules Footballer Parents Trevor Wingard, Julie Wingard Profiles | ||
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia | ||
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Chad Jordan Wingard (born 29 July 1993) is a professional 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).
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- Chad wingard takes one of the best marks ever
- Early life
- AFL career
- References
Chad wingard takes one of the best marks ever
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. 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. In that game he kicked five goals.
"He came on 19 minutes into first quarter – kicking five goals, including three of most freakish you’d wish to see”
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. He was named in the 2013 All-Australian team, making him the youngest player to make an All-Australian team since Mark Ricciuto in 1994. 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." 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.