Des Headland
| Des Headland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Desmond John Headland Junior | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Subiaco, Western Australia[citation needed] | ||
| Original team(s) |
WAFL ) | ||
| Draft |
1st overall, 1998 National draft Brisbane Lions | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, Midfield | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1998, 2005, 2008–2012 | Subiaco | 42 (55) | |
| 1999–2002 | Brisbane Lions | 52 (52) | |
| 2003–2010 | Fremantle | 114 (125) | |
| Total | 166 (177) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2012. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Desmond John Headland, Jr (born 21 January 1981) is a retired
Playing career
Pre-AFL Career
Headland played junior football for Karrinyup Junior Football Club. His school football was for
At the end of this outstanding season, Headland was selected by
Brisbane career
 | This section of a goals. However, he only had 3 kicks in the following game and was dropped for the next five games until being recalled in round 20. He starred in this game against his future team, kicking 3 goals in a huge win over Fremantle. 2000 saw Headland only play 2 games in the first half of the season, but he ended up playing 9 games, including both of Brisbane's final round games. He wore guernsey number 19 in these first two seasons.
In 2001, Headland was given the number 1 guernsey when Queensland Australian Football League , he was retained for the 2002 season by Brisbane.
2002 started slowly for Headland, with his first game not until round 6, but the four goals he scored were an indication of what was to come. He would play all remaining games that year, and in a 15-game purple patch from round 11 to the end of the year he would kick 30 goals, average 21 possessions and poll 16 Brownlow Medal votes, including three best-on-grounds and votes in six consecutive games. This culminated in Brisbane's second premiership and, unlike 2001, Headland claimed a premiership medal. Fremantle careerAt the end of 2002, Fremantle entered the trade week with only one objective, to obtain Des Headland. A complex trade including All-Australian selection and the Bomber's best and fairest award, the Crichton Medal in 2004.
In the lead up to the ATSIC Chairman's All-Star team that played Carlton at Marrara Oval, Darwin. The All-Star team defeated Carlton by 73 points, with Headland adjudged by The Age as best on ground.[3]
2003 saw Headland poll Brownlow Medal votes in four games, including two best on ground performances. However, he failed to register a top-ten finish in the club best and fairest award. Leg Wizard Cup in 2004 and a calf strain in 2005 have limited his effectiveness, and he has not been able to recapture the form that he showed at Brisbane in 2002 for any sustained period of time.
In Round 4, 2003, Headland was one of 7 indigenous players to represent Fremantle, the most ever to play in a single AFL team. The other indigenous players for Fremantle that day were Troy Cook, Jeff Farmer, Antoni Grover, Roger Hayden, Steven Koops and Dion Woods. This game also saw Fremantle score its highest ever score of 25.17 167 in a comprehensive defeat of the Kangaroos. In AFL draft selections and one of twenty-first round selections.[4]
Statistics
Return to SubiacoAfter retiring from Fremantle in 2010. Headland rejoined his former WAFL team Subiaco for the 2011 WAFL season.[6][7] Political careerHeadland was selected in July 2013 as a candidate for the Palmer United Party for the Federal seat of Durack.[8] This is a conservative party formed by Australian mining businessman Clive Palmer in April 2013.
Headland announced his candidacy only one day after he had told a West Australian paper that "I've had one conversation which has sparked a bit of interest... I haven't had a big think about it or spoken to my family. There's nothing set in stone or anything yet, but who knows. I'm only a 32-year-old and still learning my way and it was just a quick phone call to say G'day."[9] References
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