Past player - Shane Bond (1993 - 1996)

[Miguel Sanchez]

Shane Bond​

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DOB: 9/7/1975

Height: 181cm

Weight: 79 kg

Playing number: 20
Arrived: Drafted at pick 21 in the 1992 national draft, from Port Adelaide Magpies

Debut: Round 1, 1994 vs Essendon – 87th Eagles player

Games: 34

Goals: 20

Won: Premiership medal in 1994
Best First Year Player in 1994

Departed: Traded to Port Adelaide at the end of the 1996 season with Brayden Lyle for pick 57 (Trent Cummings).

A lithe half-forward, Shane Bond spent his first season in WA with East Perth before breaking into the side in 1994. Bond played 21 games for the year, including the grand final when he kicked 2 goals from limited possessions. Despite that, coach Mick Malthouse hinted years later that he regretted picking Bond ahead of Mitchell White for the match.

Bond was named the club’s best first year player for his 1994 campaign, but unfortunately failed to go on with that strong showing in his time as an Eagle. Injuries and suspect form limited him to 10 senior games in 1995 and just 3 more in 1996. When his former Port Adelaide club entered the AFL, Bond and fellow ex-Magpie Brayden Lyle were traded to the new Power side in a complex deal that saw Port sign tall utility Ian Downsborough and West Coast receive the number 1 pick in the draft (used to recruit Michael Gardiner).

Bond played 57 games for Port Adelaide before being delisted in 2001.

 

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My favourite player in 1994!!!! Thank you Fivey!!! Been waiting for you to do this for months.