| Brad Sheppard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sheppard playing for West Coast in July 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Bradley Sheppard | ||
| Born | (1991-05-23)23 May 1991 (age 34) Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Original teams | East Fremantle,WAFL | ||
| Draft | 7th overall pick,2009 West Coast | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010–2021 | West Coast | 216 (19) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | All Stars | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Bradley Sheppard (born 23 May 1991) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theWest Coast Eagles in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He was selected seventh overall in the2009 National Draft.
Sheppard was born Perth, Western Australia[citation needed] and attendedWesley College.[1] He represented Western Australia at the National AFL U18 Championships in both 2008, when he was ineligible to be drafted, and again in 2009, his draft year.[citation needed] In 2009, he played 15 games at WAFL League level with theEast Fremantle Football Club and was also awarded a position in the Under 18 All-Australian as aback pocket for his performance at the 2009 AFL U18 Championships.[citation needed] Sheppard was invited to and attended the annual AFL Draft Camp at theAustralian Institute of Sport inCanberra in October 2009 and tested in the top 10 in the 20 m sprint (=10th, 2.96s) and 6x30m repeat sprints (24.69s) out of those that attended.[citation needed]
He has represented Western Australia in cricket at under-17 level and is related to the Australian cricketing Marsh family, withGeoff Marsh as an uncle and cousinsShaun andMitchell Marsh.[2]
Sheppard made his debut for the West Coast Eagles against Hawthorn in round 7, 2010. He was on the end of a dangerous tackle from Hawthorn'sChance Bateman which saw him suspended for two weeks.
In 2015, he was named the club's player of the finals after an impressive campaign which saw the Eagles make the Grand Final, ultimately losing to a rampant Hawthorn. Sheppard was one of the best in the deciding match.
In Round 17 of the2018 Season, Sheppard played his 150th match against theFremantle Dockers.[3]
In the first week of the 2018 Finals series, Sheppard suffered a season-ending hamstring injury and subsequently missed playing in the2018 AFL Grand Final which was won by West Coast.[4] Sheppard bounced back the next two seasons, making the All Australian squad in 2019, Sheppard made the final cut in 2020 being selected as a defender in the All-Australian team.
Sheppard suffered two major concussions in 2021, the first a serious head collision with Carlton’s Adam Saad in Round 12, the other in Round 22 against Fremantle suffering delayed concussion after landing head first on concrete after falling over a fence at Optus Stadium, Sheppard was force to miss games the following week from both incidents. In December of that year, Sheppard, still suffering ongoing symptoms from the two head knocks, was forced into retirement after receiving medical advice that if he would continued to play he would risk more damage to himself.[5]
As a young player, Sheppard was considered well-rounded with good ball carrying ability, neat and reliable foot skills, fine decision making ability, strong work-ethic and athleticism (speed and endurance) as strengths.[6]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
† | Led the league for the season |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| West Coast | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 118 | 90 | 208 | 42 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | |
| West Coast | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 26 | 74 | 17 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 12.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 98 | 58 | 156 | 47 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 13.0 | 3.9 | 2.0 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 97 | 57 | 154 | 37 | 31 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 11.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 72 | 234 | 57 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 5.1 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 2.4 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 264 | 163 | 427 | 141 | 39 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 6.5 | 17.1 | 5.6 | 1.6 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 167 | 374 | 110 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 16.3 | 4.8 | 2.1 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 169 | 357 | 99 | 71 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 253 | 120 | 373 | 148 | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 5.2 | 16.2 | 6.4 | 2.3 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 324 | 139 | 463 | 188† | 37 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 13.5 | 5.8 | 19.3 | 7.8 | 1.5 | |
| 2020[a] | West Coast | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 92 | 286 | 112 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 5.1 | 15.9 | 6.2 | 1.9 |
| West Coast | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 127 | 347 | 129 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 17.4 | 6.5 | 1.6 | |
| Career | 216 | 19 | 23 | 2173 | 2544 | 3453 | 1127 | 456 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 16.0 | 5.2 | 2.1 | ||
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