Troy Ugle (born 18 April 1968) is a former
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.
Playing career
Ugle began his senior football career with Carey Park in the
South West Football League
The South West Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the South West (Western Australia), south-west of Western Australia. The league is affiliated to the West Australian Country Football League.
History
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In 1986 he joined
Swan Districts in the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...
, making his debut the following year.
He won the Swan Medal for best and fairest player at the club in 1987.
During the 1986/1987
Northern Territory Football League
The Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) is an Australian rules football semi-professional league operating in Darwin in the Northern Territory.
The league is one of few (and the highest level) Australian Rules competitions played during ...
season Ugle played for Wanderers.
He was signed to 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 ...
in 1988. He played 43 matches for the ''Eagles'', kicking over 40 goals.
[The West Coast Eagles profile credits Ugle with 45 goals while stats.rleague.com claims 43 goals.]
After being released by the Eagles Ugle returned to Swan Districts, playing a further 73 matches over five years and was leading goalkicker for the ''Swans'' between 1996 and 1998.
He was made a life member of the club by Swan Districts in 1999.
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1968 births
West Coast Eagles players
Swan Districts Football Club players
Wanderers Football Club players
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Carey Park Football Club players
People from Bunbury, Western Australia