Brodie Smith (born 14 January 1992) is a professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

player who plays for 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

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL).

Early life

Smith participated in the

Auskick Auskick is a program designed to teach the basic skills of Australian rules football (AFL) to boys and girls aged between 5 and 12. Auskick is a non-contact variant of the sport. It began in Australia and is now a nationwide non-selective pro ...

program at

West Lakes, South Australia West Lakes is a suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It lies within the City of Charles Sturt. It contains the Westfield West Lakes Shopping Centre, Woodlake Shopping Centre and West Lakes Golf Club. It also conta ...

. He played senior football for the

Henley Football Club The Henley Sharks Football Club is an Australian sports club headquartered in Henley Beach, South Australia. Established in 1899, Henley's main sports are Australian rules football and netball.SAAFL The Adelaide Footy League, formerly known as the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL), is a semi-professional Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing over ...

and

Woodville West Torrens Football Club 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 ...

in the South Australia National Football League. Smith was Adelaide's first selection in the 2010 National Draft at pick 14 overall.

AFL career

Smith made his debut in round 1 of his very first season, 2011, against . He played 14 games in his first season and showed plenty of maturity for a first-year player, averaging 13 disposals per game. He played 22 games including three finals in 2012 as a running defender, shutting down opposition forwards such as Steve Johnson and providing run off half-back, also becoming noted for kicking goals from long range. Despite fracturing his collarbone in the 2013 pre-season, Smith played the final 18 games of the season, continuing to play mainly at half-back. He played his 50th game in round 19 against and gathered a career-high 29 possessions in the last game against . Smith signed a new contract with the Crows early in the 2014 season, keeping him at the club until 2016. He went on to have a career-best year at the club, averaging 23 disposals and ranking first in the competition for long kicks and second for rebound 50s and metres gained. This earned him selection in the

All-Australian team The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-perf ...

and in the

Australian international rules football team :''This article concerns the men's team; for information on the Australian women's team, see Australia women's international rules football team.'' The Australia international rules football team is Australia's senior representative team in Int ...

for the 2014 International Rules Test. Smith remained one of the AFL's most damaging half-backs in 2015, recovering from two concussions early in the season to lead the club in rebound 50s and finish fifth in the AFL for metres gained. In the First Qualifying Final against in 2017, Smith tore his ACL in the first quarter after kicking the Crows' first goal for the match. The injury ended his season, but Adelaide went on to win the match by 36 points. Due to the nature of his injury, he missed the majority of the 2018 season.

Statistics

: ''Statistics are correct to Round 23 2021'' , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 14 , , 2 , , 1 , , 107 , , 76 , , 183 , , 38 , , 38 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 7.6 , , 5.4 , , 13.1 , , 2.7 , , 2.7 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 22 , , 5 , , 5 , , 230 , , 141 , , 371 , , 82 , , 45 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 10.5 , , 6.4 , , 16.9 , , 3.7 , , 2.1 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 18 , , 3 , , 3 , , 223 , , 121 , , 344 , , 69 , , 25 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 12.4 , , 6.7 , , 19.1 , , 3.8 , , 1.4 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 22 , , 11 , , 8 , , 287 , , 209 , , 496 , , 108 , , 35 , , 0.5 , , 0.4 , , 13.1 , , 9.5 , , 22.6 , , 4.9 , , 1.6 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 21 , , 7 , , 6 , , 266 , , 116 , , 382 , , 82 , , 39 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 12.7 , , 5.5 , , 18.2 , , 3.9 , , 1.9 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 23 , , 7 , , 12 , , 305 , , 170 , , 475 , , 100 , , 52 , , 0.3 , , 0.5 , , 13.2 , , 7.3 , , 20.6 , , 4.3 , , 2.2 , - ! 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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 23 , , 12 , , 9 , , 289 , , 180 , , 469 , , 107 , , 46 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 12.5 , , 7.8 , , 20.3 , , 4.6 , , 2.0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 17 , , 26 , , 43 , , 10 , , 7 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 8.5 , , 13.0 , , 21.5 , , 5.0 , , 3.5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 22 , , 10 , , 12 , , 326 , , 178 , , 504 , , 109 , , 55 , , 0.4 , , 0.5 , , 14.8 , , 8.0 , , 22.9 , , 4.9 , , 2.5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 16 , , 5 , , 6 , , 203 , , 72 , , 275 , , 58 , , 38 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 12.6 , , 4.5 , , 17.1 , , 3.6 , , 2.3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

, style="text-align:center" , , 33 , , 21 , , 2 , , 4 , , 332 , , 101 , , 433 , , 107 , , 38 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 15.8 , , 4.8 , , 20.6 , , 5.0 , , 1.8 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 204 ! 64 ! 66 ! 2585 ! 1390 ! 3975 ! 870 ! 417 ! 0.3 ! 0.3 ! 12.6 ! 6.8 ! 19.4 ! 4.2 ! 2.0

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Brodie 1992 births Living people Australian rules footballers from South Australia Australian people of Scottish descent Australian people of English descent Adelaide Football Club players Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players All-Australians (AFL) Australia international rules football team players