Troy Bond (born 14 July 1973) is a premiership winning, former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).

AFL career

Carlton career (1994–1995)

Originally from

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as t ...

(SANFL) club Port Adelaide, Bond started his AFL career at the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...

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, where he played 36 games and kicked 26 goals. He played fifteen games in their record-breaking premiership year in

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but was dropped for the

Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. S ...

. Bond travelled home to Adelaide on the day before the big game without saying a word to coach

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or his teammates.

Adelaide career (1996–1999)

Bond was traded to Adelaide at the end of the 1995 season. He had a magnificent 1997 finals series, kicking 10 goals, including four goals in the grand final win. Bond struggled with hamstring injuries in the

1998 AFL season The 1998 AFL season was the 102nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixt ...

and only managed 10 games and missed out on the chance to play in back to back premierships due to a shoulder reconstruction. Bond yet again only played 10 games in an injury affected

1999 AFL season The 1999 AFL season was the 103rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured s ...

. In the first pre season with

Gary Ayres Gary James Ayres (born 28 September 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for the Montrose Football Club in the Eastern F ...

as coach, Bond got as fit as he had ever been in preparation for playing in the midfield, however a hip injury ended his 94 AFL game career. He played 58 games and kicked 63 goals for the Crows.

Statistics

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

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Personal life

Bond's younger brother

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also played AFL football, for the

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football L ...

and Port Adelaide Football Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Troy Adelaide Football Club players Adelaide Football Club Premiership players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Australian rules footballers from South Australia South Australian State of Origin players Carlton Football Club players Port Adelaide Magpies players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) 1973 births Living people One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players