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Key Facts

Full name
Bradley Gotch

Known as
Bradley Gotch

Born
23 June 1962 (age 61)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 19y 277d
Last game: 27y 358d

Height and weight
Height: 166 cm
Weight: 66 kg

Senior clubs
Fitzroy; Port Adelaide; St. Kilda

Jumper numbers
Fitzroy: 57, 45, 7
St. Kilda: 16

Recruited from
Fitzroy (1985); Port Adelaide (1986)

Family links
Graham Gotch (Father)Xavier Gotch (Son)

Bradley Gotch

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
FitzroyV/AFL1982-198543601.4049%11.814.602.729
Port AdelaideSANFL198511252.27
St. KildaV/AFL1986-199053621.1732%11.586.023.0412
V/AFL1982-1990961221.2740%11.695.392.9021
SANFL198511252.27
Total1982-19901071471.37

AFL: 9,309th player to appear, 2,551st most games played, 870th most goals kickedFitzroy: 994th player to appear, 283rd most games played, 78th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 1,312th player to appear, 295th most games played, 103rd most goals kicked

Bradley Gotch played for 96 games for Fitzroy and St. Kilda between 1982 and 1990. 

Gotch was one of smallest players of his era at 166 cm and possessed an accurate left foot pass. Debuting in 1982 for Fitzroy, Gotch played thirty games in his first three years. In 1985 he played three games in the first six rounds before being delisted by Fitzroy and finishing the season with Port Adelaide in the SANFL. After impressing at Port Adelaide, he returned to Melbourne to play for St Kilda. His best goal kicking feat was for St Kilda against his old side Fitzroy where he kicked seven goals in a game in 1987. He finished his career playing local football for Dandenong in the VFA.

Gotch coached Williamstown in the VFL from 2002 to 2009, becoming the second-longest serving coach in the club's history, coaching the club to finals in six of the eight years including the 2003 VFL premiership. He also worked in development coaching roles with both Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs alignments during those years. In 2010 Gotch was appointed senior coach of the Casey Scorpions, taking over from Peter German and joined Port Adelaide as an assistant coach on October 19, 2011.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Gotch

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.