1. Brenton James Sanderson was born on 27 February 1974 and is a former Australian rules football player and is the former senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.
15 Facts About Brenton Sanderson
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Originally from Adelaide, South Australia, Sanderson moved from Sturt to Adelaide as one of their 10 concession picks.
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Brenton Sanderson finally made his debut in 1992 but had limited opportunities and played just 6 games until he moved to Collingwood.
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Brenton Sanderson played just 4 games with the club following two hamstring injuries during the year, but Sanderson once said he learned a lot about the right attitude to preparation and training, as he learned from living with Nathan Buckley.
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In 1995 Brenton Sanderson moved to Geelong and reinvented himself as a half-back flanker, generating a lot of run out of defence.
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Brenton Sanderson had his best season in 2001, when he took out the Carji Greeves Medal as well as earning International rules selection.
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In 2005 before the finals series, Brenton Sanderson announced he would be retiring from AFL football.
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Brenton Sanderson then headed back to Geelong to become an assistant coach under senior coach Mark Thompson in 2007.
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On Monday 19 September 2011, Brenton Sanderson was appointed senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club ahead of red hot favourite Scott Burns and premiership captain Mark Bickley.
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Brenton Sanderson replaced caretaker senior coach Mark Bickley, who replaced Neil Craig after Craig resigned in the middle of the 2011 season.
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Brenton Sanderson was then replaced by Phil Walsh as Adelaide Football Club senior coach.
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Brenton Sanderson was Head Coach at the AFL National Academy from 2015 to 2016.
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In 2016, Brenton Sanderson was appointed as a Senior Assistant Coach at the Collingwood Football Club under senior coach Nathan Buckley, overseeing forward line and ball movement.
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Brenton Sanderson left the Collingwood Football Club at the end of the 2021 season.
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Brenton Sanderson was at the Sari Club, just hours before the 2002 Bali bombings killed 202 people.