Bernard Vince (born 2 October 1985) is a former

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er who played for the

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and

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in the

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(AFL). He has since become involved in the football media, working for Triple M and Fox Footy. At the time of his retirement, Vince was only one of seven players in VFL/AFL history to have played 100 or more games at two clubs and win the best and fairest award at both clubs.

Playing career

Originally from Stansbury on the Yorke Peninsula, Vince grew up on the family farm with four younger sisters and attended school at Minlaton District School until his senior years, which were spent in

at Prince Alfred College where he represented the school in the Open A Grade football and cricket teams. Vince originally played

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for the CMS Crows. After an unsuccessful stint in the

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, he returned to Stansbury, but eventually

Woodville-West Torrens Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clu ...

gave him a chance to play in the SANFL firsts—successfully played four games–including 3 finals. Vince was selected by the

Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since ...

in the 2005 national draft with pick 32. Vince played all pre-season

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games in 2006, and debuted later that year—playing ten games in his first two seasons. He played six consecutive games early in 2007 before missing the rest of the season due to form and injury. Bernie Vince 18

2008 saw Vince become a consistent member of Adelaide's young midfield, capable of going forward as well. One such performance earned him the

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XXIV against rivals

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, despite being one of several Crows to take heavy knocks in the six-point victory. In round 11 against

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, he exceeded 30 disposals for the first time—also kicking 3 goals—as Adelaide won by 50 points. He has continued this form in 2009, being one of the club's, and league's, leading possession-getters. Vince topped a great season by winning the Adelaide Crows Best and Fairest award in 2009. In 2007 and 2010 Vince was suspended by Adelaide for missing curfews. Prior to the start of the 2012 AFL season, Vince was reprimanded, but not suspended, after reportedly stripping down to his underwear in a pub after celebrating his cricket team winning the championship. Vince had played for the

Stansbury, South Australia Stansbury (postcode 5582) is a small town, located in the southern east coast of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the , Stansbury had a population of 648 people. It is located south of Minlaton and east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St ...

for most of the season, but Adelaide coach

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prevented him from playing in the final to avoid any chance of injury so close to the AFL season. Vince was traded to the

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during the 2013 Trade Period. In 2015, he won the

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as Melbourne's best and fairest, polling one vote ahead of Jack Viney.

Personal life

Vince married Abbie Noonan in 2017. They have one son, Harvey.

Statistics

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, , 23 , , 21 , , 6 , , 10 , , 357 , , 177 , , 534 , , 81 , , 65 , , 0.3 , , 0.5 , , 17.0 , , 8.4 , , 25.4 , , 3.9 , , 3.1 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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Honours and achievements

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():

Individual *

Michael Tuck Medal The Michael Tuck Medal was awarded to the best-and-fairest player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final. The award was presented annually between 1992 and 2013; since 2014, the award has not been presented due to the preseason being structured without a ...

Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Melbourne Football Club throughout the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League/Austra ...

: 2015 *

Malcolm Blight Medal The Malcolm Blight Medal is a post-season award given to the best and fairest player for the Adelaide Football Club. The medal was first awarded in 1991, and later named after former Adelaide Crows coach Malcolm Blight. The voting system as of the ...

: 2009 *

: 2008 (Round 3) * Australia international rules football team:

References

External links

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Bernie Vince's profile
from Demonwiki
Bernie Vince's profile
from TLA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Vince, Bernie 1985 births Living people Adelaide Football Club players Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Malcolm Blight Medal winners People educated at Prince Alfred College Australian rules footballers from South Australia Melbourne Football Club players Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners Australia international rules football team players Casey Demons players Australian people of English descent