| Trent Croad | |||
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 Croad with Hawthorn in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Trent Eric Croad | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-03-09)9 March 1980 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland,New Zealand | ||
| Original team(s) | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 3,1997 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 1998,Hawthorn vs.Collingwood, atMelbourne Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender,forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1998–2001 | Hawthorn | 84(80) | |
| 2002–2003 | Fremantle | 38(60) | |
| 2004–2010 | Hawthorn | 100(49) | |
| Total | 222 (189) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1999–2008 | Victoria | 2 (0) | |
| International team honours | |||
| 1999–2005 | Australia | 6 | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Trent Eric Croad (born 9 March 1980) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballer who played for theHawthorn Football Club andFremantle Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
During his 222-game AFL career, he achieved some of the Australian Football League's highest honours including anAFL premiership medallion,All-Australian selection, and representingAustralia andVictoria on multiple occasions.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand,[1] to mother and father Bruce, and the grandson of All BlackEric Boggs Croad migrated with his family to Australia and grew up inNarre Warren inVictoria. He began playing at a young age with Endeavour Hills and the Narre Warren Junior Football Club and attendedDe La Salle College, Malvern.
He was scouted by recruiters as a 17-year-old and nominated for the 1997AFL Draft. Croad was invited to the AFL Draft camp where he set the draft camp record for a standing vertical jump at 83 cm, which remained for at least a decade.[2]
Hawthorn picked up Croad with the third overall selection in the draft. He started out as a defender, playing at eithercentre half-back orfullback. But he showed his versatility as his career went on, being able to play in any number ofkey positions.
Croad was traded from Hawthorn to Fremantle at the end of 2001. The picks given up by Fremantle were used by Hawthorn to select former Hawthorn starsLuke Hodge andSam Mitchell, whilstLuke McPharlin joined Croad in moving west. While Croad was reasonable but not spectacular at the Dockers, in 2002, he was Fremantle's leading goalkicker with 42 goals. The following season Croad lost confidence and kicked 18 goals. He cited homesickness and asked to be traded back to Victoria at the end of 2003.
He was traded back to Hawthorn, this time only in return for pick 10, which was used by Fremantle to selectRyley Dunn. Croad was told that he would be the centre half back, with a regular position his form improved once he went back to the Hawks, winningAll-Australian selection in 2005.
Croad relished the responsibility of being the senior man down back being strong, athletic type who took the oppositions best forward each week. During the second quarter of the2008 Grand Final, Croad broke his left foot, and leaving the ground with the aid of trainers he still managed to lay a bump on Geelong'sJoel Selwood before playing no further part in the game. Hawthorn went on to win the match and Croad earned his first premiership medallion in over 200 games of AFL football.
Croad missed the entire 2009 season due to his 2008 Grand Final injury, and on 6 January 2010 he announced his retirement after his surgeon warned him that he might permanently lose all function in his left foot if he broke it again.[3]
In October 2006, Croad married Tanya Stewart, and had two daughters, Kiera (born July 2007) and Sierra (born October 2009). Croad became engaged toKym Valentine in March 2015.[4] In November, Valentine and Croad confirmed they were expecting their first child together.[5] Valentine gave birth to a son named Phoenix in March 2016.[6] Valentine and Croad split December 2017.[7]
Croad has been in a relationship with Kate Jesaulenko, daughter of AFL LegendAlex Jesaulenko, since 2018.
Croad currently works as a manager in landscaping.
As part of an investigation by the Australian Crime Commission into drugs and organised crime in Australian sport, Croad was named byFairfax Media newspapers as being involved in a peptide supply deal linked to theComanchero Motorcycle Club, anoutlaw motorcycle gang.[8] Croad announced that he would sue Fairfax Media for defamation over the article.[9]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1998 | Hawthorn | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 21 | 99 | 37 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 1999 | Hawthorn | 24 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 200 | 70 | 270 | 102 | 22 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 12.9 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 6 |
| 2000 | Hawthorn | 24 | 22 | 33 | 24 | 228 | 88 | 316 | 127 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 10.4 | 4.0 | 14.4 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 7 |
| 2001 | Hawthorn | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 221 | 91 | 312 | 115 | 32 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 2002 | Fremantle | 24 | 21 | 42 | 34 | 167 | 38 | 205 | 74 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2003 | Fremantle | 24 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 128 | 40 | 168 | 43 | 28 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2004 | Hawthorn | 24 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 211 | 79 | 290 | 111 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 3.8 | 13.8 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 2005 | Hawthorn | 24 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 214 | 152 | 366 | 127 | 21 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 17.4 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2006 | Hawthorn | 24 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 150 | 84 | 234 | 106 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 13.0 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2007 | Hawthorn | 24 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 136 | 110 | 246 | 106 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 12.3 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2008# | Hawthorn | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 90 | 201 | 87 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2009 | Hawthorn | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career[10] | 222 | 189 | 158 | 1844 | 863 | 2707 | 1035 | 216 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 3.9 | 12.2 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 25 | ||
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