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Brendon Gale (born 18 July 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
As a qualified lawyer, he practised law with a commercial law firm for some time after his retirement from football, and then was CEO of the AFL Players' Association from 2005 to 2009. In 2009, he began what would become a successful 15-year stint as CEO of Richmond, overseeing three premierships. In 2024, it was announced that he would be leaving Richmond to become inaugural CEO of the incoming Tasmania Football Club.
He studied at Monash University in Melbourne, graduating with Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Arts degrees.
For a period during his playing days Gale played guitar in a small band called Trial By Video, which included other footballers Mark Zanotti, Tony Woods, and Paul Bulluss.
He was also a member of the AFL's "Laws of the Game" or Rules Committee.
In 2009, he was appointed CEO of Richmond, leading over 150 people. Under his leadership, the team's Punt Road Oval headquarters was transformed into a high-performance facility, with the club growing extensively both commercially and in fan numbers. It has been competing in most of the AFL finals series, and won the Premiership in 2017, 2019 and 2020.
On 10 May 2024, Gale announced his departure as the CEO of Richmond Football Club at the end of the 2024 season. The same day, Tasmania Football Club announced his appointment as their inaugural CEO, commencing in the role in 2025.
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| 1990 || || 25
| 22 || 21 || 22 || 150 || 75 || 225 || 100 || 24 || 14 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 6.8 || 3.4 || 10.2 || 4.5 || 1.1 || 0.6
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| 1991 || || 25
| 21 || 16 || 15 || 159 || 104 || 263 || 118 || 16 || 39 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 7.6 || 5.0 || 12.5 || 5.6 || 0.8 || 1.9
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| 1992 || || 25
| 18 || 7 || 9 || 162 || 112 || 274 || 103 || 15 || 51 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 9.0 || 6.2 || 15.2 || 5.7 || 0.8 || 2.8
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| 1993 || || 25
| 16 || 26 || 21 || 162 || 91 || 253 || 134 || 10 || 64 || 1.6 || 1.3 || 10.1 || 5.7 || 15.8 || 8.4 || 0.6 || 4.0
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| 1994 || || 25
| 21 || 27 || 24 || 191 || 101 || 292 || 144 || 14 || 62 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 9.1 || 4.8 || 13.9 || 6.9 || 0.7 || 3.0
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| 1995 || || 25
| 24 || 30 || 15 || 210 || 95 || 305 || 133 || 28 || 117 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 8.8 || 4.0 || 12.7 || 5.5 || 1.2 || 4.9
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| 1996 || || 25
| 22 || 34 || 25 || 178 || 88 || 266 || 129 || 20 || 42 || 1.5 || 1.1 || 8.1 || 4.0 || 12.1 || 5.9 || 0.9 || 1.9
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| 1997 || || 25
| 19 || 12 || 8 || 168 || 93 || 261 || 102 || 26 || 206 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 8.8 || 4.9 || 13.7 || 5.4 || 1.4 || 10.8
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| 1998 || || 25
| 21 || 4 || 1 || 191 || 144 || 335 || 128 || 22 || 393 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 9.1 || 6.9 || 16.0 || 6.1 || 1.0 || 18.7
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| 1999 || || 25
| 18 || 6 || 3 || 137 || 77 || 214 || 93 || 17 || 297 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 7.6 || 4.3 || 11.9 || 5.2 || 0.9 || 16.5
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| 2000 || || 25
| 20 || 22 || 3 || 165 || 86 || 251 || 107 || 15 || 239 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 8.3 || 4.3 || 12.6 || 5.4 || 0.8 || 12.0
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| 2001 || || 25
| 22 || 4 || 1 || 102 || 149 || 251 || 92 || 24 || 308 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 4.6 || 6.8 || 11.4 || 4.2 || 1.1 || 14.0
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! colspan=3| Career
! 244 !! 209 !! 147 !! 1975 !! 1215 !! 3190 !! 1383 !! 231 !! 1832 !! 0.9 !! 0.6 !! 8.1 !! 5.0 !! 13.1 !! 5.7 !! 0.9 !! 7.5
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Other activities
Gale is a director on several boards, and advocates for diversity. From 2009 until 2013, he was on the board of the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, and has been involved in the "Male Champions of Change" program.
In media
Gale features in the 2021 fly-on-the-wall documentary TV series Making Their Mark, which showed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on several AFL clubs, players, and staff. Players Nic Naitanui, Eddie Betts, Stephen Coniglio, and Rory Sloane were featured, as well as Gold Coast Suns football club coach Stuart Dew, and staff leaders Peggy O'Neal, Damien Hardwick, and Gale.
Statistics
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Categories: 1968 Births, Living People, Afl Administrators, Australian Chief Executives, Richmond Football Club Administrators, Richmond Football Club Players, Burnie Hawks Football Club Players, Sandy Bay Football Club Players, Allies State Of Origin Players, Tasmanian State Of Origin Players, Australian Rules Footballers From Tasmania, Tasmanian Football Hall Of Fame Inductees, Tasmania Football Club Administrators, Sportspeople From Burnie, Tasmania
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