Brad Howard (born 21 December 1987) is an
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 ...
er who played for the
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
The club ...
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).
AFL career
Howard, from
Toowoomba,
[http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2006/11/25/apn-howard-a-good-chance-fo/] was drafted by St Kilda with their second pick in the
2006 AFL Draft
The 2006 AFL draft is a recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Foot ...
and made his debut for the club in Round 8 of the 2007 season. The Saints, decimated by injuries at the time, were forced to select Howard, although he had shown promising form in the
Victorian Football League.
Howard now plays for Redland Bombers in the NEAFL (North East Australian Football League), floating across Half Back. He also works for the NEAFL in the Operations department.
References
External links
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Living people
Australian rules footballers from Queensland
St Kilda Football Club players
Redland Football Club players
1987 births