| Personal information | |
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| Birth | 16 October 1941 , Horsham, Victoria |
| Recruited from | Horsham Football Club |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | 1959, Geelong vs. ?, at ? |
| Team(s) | Geelong (1959-1972)
208 games, 834 goals North Melbourne (1973-1975) 59 games, 223 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
| Career highlights | |
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Douglas Graeme Wade (born 16 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. After trying out with the Melbourne Football Club in a number of practice games in 1960, he returned home to Horsham before being lured back by the Geelong Football Club. He made his VFL debut in 1959 with Geelong, recruited from Horsham. He was the League's leading goal scorer (winning the Coleman Medal) on four occasions from 1962 until 1974. Wade was a member of the Geelong side which won the VFL Premiership in 1963. Later in his career, he moved to North Melbourne, and was a key member of their side which contested the Grand Final against Richmond in 1974. Wade kicked 103 goals in that season, becoming the third former Geelong player to head the VFL goalkicking table after transferring to another club. In 1996 Wade was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
References
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 132. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- AFL: Hall of Fame
- Full Points Footy Bio
| Players with 1000 goals |
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| Tony Lockett | Gordon Coventry | Jason Dunstall | Doug Wade | Gary Ablett |
| 1963 Geelong Cats Premiership Squad |
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| Captain: Wooller | Brown | Devine | Farmer | Goggin | Hynes | A.Lord | S.Lord | Rice | Routley | Scott | Sharrock | Vinar | Wade | Walker| Watts | West | Yeates | Coach: Davis |
