Brendan fevola daughter

Brendan Fevola

Australian rules footballer, born

Australian rules footballer

Brendan Fevola

Fevola with the Brisbane Lions in January

Full&#;name Brendan Fevola
Nickname(s) Fev, The Shag, Fevalenko, The Fevolution
Date of birth () 20 January (age&#;43)
Original team(s)Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)
Draft No.

38, National Draft, Carlton

Height &#;cm (6&#;ft 3&#;in)
Weight &#;kg (&#;lb)
Position(s)Forward
YearsClubGames (Goals)
–Carlton ()
Brisbane Lions 0(48)
Total ()
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
Victoria 1 (6)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of

Sources: AFL Tables,

Brendan Fevola (born 20 January ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and radio presenter.

He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Fevola is regarded as one of the most effective full-forwards to have played AFL in the s,[citation needed] having won the Coleman Medal for league-leading goalkicker in and (kicking 84 and 86 goals, respectively) as well as All-Australian selection as a forward three times since His representative honours include playing for Victoria, where he was a leading goalkicker and was awarded the Allen Aylett Medal for being the state team's best player during the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match.

During his career at Carlton, he was the club's leading goalkicker and key forward from until However, throughout his career, he has been a controversial figure off the field, which ultimately led to him parting company with both of his AFL clubs.

Early life

Brendan was born to Italian Australian Angelo Fevola, a Victorian state representative in lacrosse, and Karen Ralph on January 20, [1][2] His parents split when he was eight years old.[2] For a short time, he attended a Catholic school.[2]

Fevola began playing football with the Beaconsfield Junior Football Club in the Dandenong & District Junior Football League before playing senior football in the Victorian Country Football League.

His ability to kick goals for the Dandenong Stingrays earned him selection in the TAC Cup Team of the Year in [3] and attracted the eye of recruiters; he was one of three talented AFL prospects featured in the television documentary The Draft, with the other draft prospects being Des Headland and Adam Ramanauskas.[4]

AFL career

Carlton

Fevola was recruited to Carlton Football Club with selection No.

38 overall in the AFL Draft and made his debut in the AFL season.[5] Early in his career he showed signs of being a brilliant kick of the ball and a prospective key-position player at full-forward, and he led the AFL reserves for the season with 42 goals despite Carlton finishing last for the year.[6] During a pre-season game on 31 December against Collingwood (promoted as the "Millennium Match"), he kicked 12 goals.[7]

The promising talent was given the No.

25 guernsey made famous by Carlton legend Alex Jesaulenko.

However, Fevola struggled to maintain form over the next few years, playing in 39 games and kicking 66 goals between and , with noticeably poor body language on-field as well as causing bad publicity through incidents off-field.[7] Carlton Football club senior coach Wayne Brittain had intended to trade or delist Fevola at the end of the season; however, after Carlton's poor season (in which it won the wooden spoon) Brittain was himself sacked, and incoming senior coach Denis Pagan reversed Brittain's decision.[8]

Pagan's arrival had an immediate impact on Fevola's discipline and form.

In Round 5, , Fevola kicked 8 goals against the Kangaroos, helping win the game for Carlton and launching himself into the eyes of AFL viewers. Fevola's unkempt dreadlocks and extroverted personality in the media earned him the nickname "The Shag" by fans. [citation needed]

Fevola's early goalkicking inconsistency saw him experiment with unorthodox styles of handling the ball in approach to taking set shots.

In , Fevola developed a ritualistic set-shot routine of taking three quick steps to shoot on goal, and this resulted in a significant increase in goal-kicking accuracy, particularly from long distance. The duration of his ritual, at times taking longer than a minute, became a point of contention, and was partially responsible for the introduction of a new rule in (commonly referred to as "the Lloyd Rule" after Essendon's Matthew Lloyd, who had a similarly lengthy set-shot ritual), limiting the duration permitted to take a set shot to 30 seconds, before play-on would be called.[9] Fevola's ritual was duly shortened to accommodate the new rule.

In , Fevola capped off a stunning year and his best to that point by kicking 84 goals and winning the Coleman Medal and All-Australian selection. He scored 59 goals in , then followed this up in with his career-best total of 99 goals for the season, seeing him finish second behind Lance Franklin in the race for the Coleman Medal.[7] He was selected for Victoria in the once-off AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match in , kicking six goals and winning the Allen Aylett Medal as best on ground.

In , Fevola won his second Coleman Medal, kicking 86 goals for the season, eight goals clear of the runner-up Jonathan Brown.[7] He was the first Carlton player ever to win the league's goalkicking award twice, and it was his seventh consecutive season as the club's leading goalkicker; only Stephen Kernahan (11) had won the award more times consecutively.[10] He later sold the medal "to fund a gambling addiction."[11]

Carlton announced on 30 September that it would seek a trade for Fevola during the trade week due to his off-field behaviour, most specifically due to antics at the Brownlow Medal Count.

On 9 October, he was officially traded to the Brisbane Lions along with a second-round draft pick (#27 overall) in exchange for Brisbane's Lachlan Henderson and a first-round draft pick (#12 overall).[12] Additionally, Carlton agreed to pay $, of Fevola's salary for each of the two years remaining on his existing contract.[13] Fevola left Carlton as a life member of the club after playing senior games for goals—the third-most goals by any player in Carlton Football Club history.

Brendan fevola real height and weight Ricky Symes In Alex filed for divorce from Brendan, officially ending their nine-year marriage. Ian Prendergast In AFL matches outside the premiership season, Fevola's best effort was a haul of twelve goals, scored for Carlton against Collingwood in the pre-season match known as the Millennium Match; and, he had two other eight-goal hauls in pre-season matches: the Wizard Cup grand final against West Coast , earning him the Michael Tuck Medal , and in the semi-final of the NAB Cup against North Melbourne.

Despite the circumstances of his departure, Carlton has stated that Fevola's life membership was not affected and that he remained welcome at the club.[14]

Brisbane Lions

At Brisbane, Fevola was given the Number 5 guernsey.[15] He made his debut for the Lions in the first round of the season at the Gabba against the West Coast Eagles.

He finished the season with 48 goals in 17 games.

After further off-field controversy over the /11 offseason, Fevola was sacked by the Lions on 20 February [16]

Due to his brief stint at Brisbane, he has sardonically referred to himself as a "Brisbane Legend" on numerous occasions, including at the Fox Footy Longest Kick competition, which he would incidentally win the edition post-retirement with a kick of metres ( ft), winning $10, in the process.[17]

Post-AFL

On 6 April , Fevola signed to play with the Casey Scorpions in the Victorian Football League in [18] He kicked 63 goals during the home-and-away season, with 43 of those coming in the final six games of the season, to finish second behind Port Melbourne's Patrick Rose (67 goals) in the league goalkicking, and he kicked a further six goals in finals.[19][20] His contract with the Scorpions was not renewed for He played six games for Waratah in the /12 NTFL season, kicking 49 goals.[21][22]

In , Fevola signed to play home matches with Yarrawonga in the Ovens & Murray Football League.[23] Interest in Fevola's presence was a significant financial boon for both Yarrawonga and the O&M in , with an increase in attendances and gate takings across the league compared with previous seasons;[24] such was Fevola's ability to draw a crowd that some rival clubs paid Fevola to play against them in Yarrawonga's away matches.[25] Fevola remained at Yarrawonga for four seasons from until , kicking goals from 65 matches and being part of back-to-back premierships in and [26] He was coach of the O&M's interleague representative team in and ,[27] served as a playing co-coach of Yarrawonga in ,[28] and he holds the record for most goals in a game at Yarrawonga, kicking 16 goals in a match in late [29] After this, he played with Deer Park in the Western Region Football League in ,[26]Melton South in the Ballarat Football League in and , Hastings in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League in , and then again for Deer Park in (having also signed there for the season, which was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic).

Throughout his post-AFL career, Fevola also played once-off matches for several local clubs around the country, earning appearance fees which the clubs financed by the large crowds he could draw.[30] Among the clubs was former TANFL club New Norfolk, now in Tasmania's Southern Football League, where in he drew a record home crowd for the club and kicked eighteen goals to set a new club record;[31] he returned for another game in , this time kicking sixteen goals.[32]

Media career

Fevola was a regular panellist on The Footy Show on the Nine Network, and he was noted for his larrikin persona.

His tenure as a panellist ended after his behaviour at the Brownlow Medal Count, the same event that led the end of his time at Carlton.[33]

In April , Fevola joined Fox FM to host Fifi, Dave, Fev & Byron with Fifi Box, Dave Thornton and Byron Cooke. Dave Thornton resigned from the show in September , and the show was renamed to Fifi, Fev & Byron.

In December , Byron Cooke resigned from the show and was replaced by Nick Cody in January The show was renamed Fifi, Fev & Nick.

After gaining some weight following the years after his AFL retirement, he joined Jenny Craig and has become a TV ambassador for the brand as a result of his weight-loss efforts.

Fevola starred in the second season of I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here!, which he won and was crowned King of the Jungle.

The prize for taking out the title was $, to be donated to his chosen charity. Felova decided to split the winnings evenly between his chosen charity, Shane Warne Foundation, and series runner-up Paul Harragon's chosen charity, Mark Hughes Foundation.

In , Fevola competed as The Captain on the fifth season of The Masked Singer Australia.

He was unmasked on the ninth episode, after his first performance.[34]

Personal life

Fevola married Alex Cheatham on 7 October at St John's Church in Toorak. Fevola has two daughters, Leni and Lulu, and is also stepfather to Mia (Cheatham's child from a previous relationship).[35] In May , Fevola announced on Fox FM's Fifi, Fev & Byron that wife Alex was pregnant with their third child.[36]

On 12 December , it was announced that they were separated after 14 months of marriage, amid allegations of Fevola's infidelity with an Australian model Lara Bingle.[37] Cheatham stated in a Woman's Day interview that Fevola had become "disconnected" from her following the birth of Leni.

Bingle later confessed to the five-week affair, claiming that being from Sydney, she did not know that Fevola was married until she heard his baby in the background during a phone conversation.[38]

Fevola and Cheatham divorced in ; however, in it was announced that they were again engaged.[35]

Fevola opened a restaurant, Fellini, in on Toorak Road, South Yarra.[39] He sold the restaurant in [40]

Fevola has been noted as studying criminology via correspondence at Griffith University and says that becoming a police officer is a possible career after football.[41][42][43][44][45][46]

Fevola has been diagnosed with depression, and he underwent 51 days of extensive rehabilitation in ; both his agent and manager have associated many of Fevola's antics with his depression.[47]

Controversies and legal issues

In , he was involved in an attempted theft of jackets from a dry cleaner in North Melbourne; he was fined $8, by Carlton for the incident.[7] On 8 March , he was involved in an incident at Crown Casino; no charges were laid, but he was suspended by Carlton for a week.[49] In , Fevola assaulted a barman during a tour of Ireland in with the Australian International Rules team, and he was sent back to Australia.[50] In March , Fevola was fined $10, by the club and stood down from the leadership group after urinating on a window outside a Melbourne nightclub.

After this incident, Carlton did not suspend or delist Fevola, saying that taking such action would not assist Fevola in addressing his problems, but he was put on his final warning.[51]

In September , Fevola was fined $10, and banned from appearing on the Grand Final Footy Show after behaving inappropriately at the Brownlow Medal count.

Fevola withdrew from the traditional lap of honour by the Coleman Medallist at the AFL Grand Final and did not attend Carlton's awards night.[52] As a result of the incident, he was traded to the Brisbane Lions, and he did not return as a panellist on The Footy Show in

On 2 March , Lara Bingle started proceedings to sue Fevola for breach of privacy, defamation and misuse of her image for the release of a nude photo in Woman's Day released on 1 March ;[53] however, on 9 April, Fevola was cleared of the charges against him.

In September , it was announced that Queensland police had launched a formal investigation into claims that Fevola had flashed a woman at a Brisbane park during a football clinic, but again there were no charges laid;[54] the Brisbane Lions also suspended him independently while it conducted its own investigation into the event.[55]

Early on 1 January , New Year's Day, Fevola was arrested in Brisbane on charges of public nuisance and obstructing police.

He was released on bail and was scheduled to appear in court on 18 January. The Brisbane Lions granted him indefinite leave[56] before terminating his contract after receiving medical advice.[57]

Gambling issues

In , it became public that Fevola was addicted to gambling, mostly playing poker and punting on horses.

He accumulated significant debts from gambling.[58] In a paid interview with The Footy Show in early , Fevola further discussed his addiction, revealing that he spent 65 days in rehabilitation, had lost almost a million dollars gambling, including $, in one day of horse punting, and that his addiction almost drove him to suicide during Christmas [59] In , Fevola began appearing in commercials for online gambling agency Bet Nation.[60]

Best career games

Fevola's best goalkicking haul in an AFL match was nine goals, scored for Carlton against Richmond in Prior to this, he had scored eight goals on eight separate occasions.

In his one season with the Brisbane Lions, Fevola's highest tally was (32).

RoundYearTeamOpponentGoalsBehinds
Round 15CarltonRichmond91
Round 12CarltonCollingwood86
Round 13CarltonRichmond85
Round 3CarltonEssendon84
Round 6CarltonHawthorn84
Round 19CarltonHawthorn83
Round 11CarltonBrisbane83
Round 3CarltonEssendon82
Round 5CarltonNorth Melbourne82

In AFL matches outside the premiership season, Fevola's best effort was a haul of twelve goals, scored for Carlton against Collingwood in the pre-season match known as the Millennium Match; and, he had two other eight-goal hauls in pre-season matches: the Wizard Cup grand final against West Coast, earning him the Michael Tuck Medal, and in the semi-final of the NAB Cup against North Melbourne.

Brendan fevola real height and weight pics Archived from the original on 6 July In , Fevola capped off a stunning year and his best to that point by kicking 84 goals and winning the Coleman Medal and All-Australian selection. The Demons were concerned that Fevola might be bad influence on their youngsters, and that he was taking the place of someone else more deserving. Australian Associated Press Pty Limited.

He scored hauls of eleven and ten goals in matches for Casey during the VFL season against Frankston and the Northern Bullants, respectively.[19]

Statistics

[61]

&#;&#;G&#;&#;

Goals

&#;&#;K&#;&#;

Kicks

&#;&#;D&#;&#;

Disposals&#;

&#;&#;T&#;&#;

Tackles

&#;&#;B&#;&#;

Behinds&#;

&#;&#;H&#;&#;

Handballs&#;

&#;&#;M&#;&#;

Marks
Led the league for the season only
Led the league after finals only
Led the league after season and finals

Playing honours

  • Michael Tuck Medal
  • Coleman Medal ,
  • All-Australian , ,
  • Carlton leading goalkicker , , , , , ,
  • 3rd-most Career Goals For Carlton –
  • Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame inductees, [62]
  • NAB Cup Premiership Player ,
  • Australian International Rules squad (did not play for disciplinary reasons)
  • VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century
  • Victorian State Representative in Hall of Fame Tribute Match
  • Allen Aylett Medallist

See also

References

  1. ^"Brendan Fevola",
  2. ^ abcLane, Samantha (12 May ).

    "Raising Fevola". The Age. Retrieved 2 January

  3. ^Dandenong Stingrays – NAB League – GameDay
  4. ^"The Draft () - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". . Retrieved 2 October
  5. ^AFL DRAFT Archived 20 August at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^"AFL Stats 6", Football Record, 88 (23): 94
  7. ^ abcdeNoakes, C., and Holmesby, L., The Fevola fileArchived 8 October at the Wayback Machine, 21 February Retrieved 14 April
  8. ^Lyon, K., The Age, "Fevola, Waite lift Blue mood by signing two-year deals", 21 August Retrieved 14 April
  9. ^Sydney Morning Herald, "Lloyd Rule to speed up goalkicking", 26 November Retrieved 14 April
  10. ^AFL Tables, Carlton Leading Goalkicker.

    Retrieved 14 April

  11. ^Fox Sports,"Sad truth finally revealed as Brendan Fevola admits selling Coleman Medal to fund gambling", 7 March
  12. ^"Fevola joins Lions' pride". ABC Sport. 9 October Retrieved 25 October
  13. ^Ralph, Jon (8 September ). "The real story behind why Brendan Fevola won't be back at Carlton".

    Herald Sun. Retrieved 8 September

  14. ^"Blues excited by new-look forward line". Carlton Football Club. 9 October Archived from the original on 6 July Retrieved 25 October
  15. ^"Fevola excited about Lions' double act". Australian Associated Press Pty Limited. 11 November Retrieved 11 November
  16. ^Denham, Greg (20 February ).

    "Troubled Brendan Fevola sacked by the Brisbane Lions". The Australian. Retrieved 10 May

  17. ^Longest Kick Daniel Rich claims CHAOTIC victory as Fevola ends up in Yarra!? | Fox Footy, 29 September , retrieved 2 October
  18. ^Landsberger, S., Amy, P., Brendan Fevola signs with Casey Scorpions, 6 April Retrieved 14 April
  19. ^ ab"Brendan Fevola season statistics".

    Sportingpulse.

    Brendan fevola real height and weight chart Aaron Shattock Marcus Rashford. Danny Jacobs Nicolas Lowther

    Retrieved 12 September

  20. ^Landsberger, Sam (27 August ). "Brendan Fevola kicks 10 goals as Casey smashes the Northern Bullants". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 August
  21. ^Ralph, Jon (15 November ). "Deafening silence from AFL clubs, but Brendan Fevola still searching".

    Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November

  22. ^"Player statistics for Brendan Fevola". Sportingpulse. Retrieved 18 March
  23. ^O'Neill, David (6 February ). "Fevola commits to Yarrawonga". Weekly Times.

  24. Brendan fevola family
  25. Brendan fevola salary
  26. Alex fevola net worth
  27. Alex fevola first husband
  28. Brendan fevola children

    29. Retrieved 6 February

  29. ^"Star power pays off in crowds and cash". The Border Mail. 22 September Retrieved 23 September
  30. ^"Fev gives Bulldogs free kick". The Border Mail. 1 June Retrieved 23 September
  31. ^ abHannah Driscoll (20 September ).

    "Brendan Fevola farewells Yarrawonga as Pigeons' season ends". The Weekly Times. Retrieved 20 September

  32. ^Jake Bourke (13 February ). "Brendan Fevola: I want to coach Yarrawonga". The Border Mail. Retrieved 24 March
  33. ^Nick Fogarty (3 October ).

    "Brendan Fevola to co-coach Yarrawonga in Ovens and Murray AFL". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 January

  34. ^John Clarke (25 August ). "Fevola now Yarrawonga Pigeons great". The Border Mail. Albury, NSW. Retrieved 25 August
  35. ^"Former Carlton forward Brendan Fevola in demand as gun for hire in local football leagues across Australia".

    Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 7 May Retrieved 20 September

  36. ^Smith, Adam (17 June ). "Brendan Fevola sends record books tumbling at Boyer Oval". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 June
  37. ^Seaton, Damien (30 June ). "Hero Fevola boots 16".

  38. Height and weight army
  39. Brendan fevola real height and weight of wwe wrestlers
  40. Height and weight children

    41. The Mercury. Hobart, TAS. Retrieved 1 July

  41. ^Ham, L., The Age, "Footy Show axes Fevola after Brownlow Antics", 23 September Retrieved 14 April
  42. ^Bond, Nick (30 October ). "The Masked Singer Australia episode eight reveal: Wildcard contestant Captain revealed". . Retrieved 30 October
  43. ^ ab
  44. ^"Brendan Fevola and his ex-wife, Alex, are expecting their fourth child together".

    Height and weight comparison Chris Ladhams In Alex filed for divorce from Brendan, officially ending their nine-year marriage. In September , it was announced that Queensland police had launched a formal investigation into claims that Fevola had flashed a woman at a Brisbane park during a football clinic, but again there were no charges laid; [ 54 ] the Brisbane Lions also suspended him independently while it conducted its own investigation into the event. Daniel Schell

    . 22 May Retrieved 22 May

  45. ^Bingle blamed for Fevola marriage break-upArchived 8 February at the Wayback Machine
  46. ^Bingle 'clears the decks' on Fevola affair from
  47. ^"ALF footballer Brendan Fevola restaurant confusion". The Herald Sun. Melbourne. 4 May Retrieved 5 September
  48. ^Silkstone, Dan; Greenblat, Eli; Hawthorne, Mark (17 April ).

    "'It can't get much worse': Fevola". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 5 September

  49. ^"Fevola eyes future life as a policeman". 4 February
  50. ^"Fevola's long-term goal is to join the boys in blue". 4 February
  51. ^"Fevola eyes future life as a policeman".

    4 February

  52. ^?from=public_rss&nk=ba34bbdaef[dead link&#;]
  53. ^"From Blues, to Lions, to thin blue line?". 4 February
  54. ^?from=public_rss&nk=ba34bbdaef[dead link&#;]
  55. ^"Lions sack Fevola". Archived from the original on 22 February Retrieved 20 February
  56. ^McAuliffe, Chris (26 September ).

    "Art and football", The Age. Retrieved 16 June

  57. ^"Brendan Fevola's career hanging by thread". 8 March Retrieved 11 August
  58. ^"Brawling Brendan flying home". Fox Sports. 1 November Retrieved 25 October
  59. ^"Brendan Fevola fined for urinating on nightclub".

    PerthNow.

    Height and weight army: Then again he was in Brisbane Lions Club from to playing 17 games with 48 goals. Please enter the email you registered your account with. North Melbourne. Australian rules footballer, born

    17 March Retrieved 25 October

  60. ^"Fevola withdraws from lap of honour". ABC Sport. 25 September Retrieved 25 October
  61. ^"Bingle sues Fevola over nude photo - ABC News". ABC News. March
  62. ^Brisbane Times, "Police drop Fevola 'flash' probe", 6 October Retrieved 14 April
  63. ^Hunter, Thomas; Millar, Paul (9 September ).

    "Police to investigate alleged Fevola flashing". The Age. Melbourne.

  64. ^Trenwith, Courtney; Pierik, Jon (1 January ). "Fevola on leave after NYE arrest". The Age. Melbourne.
  65. ^"Lions sack Fevola". ABC News. 20 February Retrieved 20 February
  66. ^Hamilton, A., Herald Sun, "Brendan Fevola of the Brisbane Lions admits gambling addiction", 15 April Retrieved 14 April
  67. ^"Troubled AFL star Brendan Fevola tells of suicide attempt | ".

    Archived from the original on 2 October

  68. ^"The All New Bet Nation". YouTube. 12 July Retrieved 14 August
  69. ^Brendan Fevola's player profile at AFL Tables
  70. ^Carlton Media (18 March ). "Carney, Chandler and Fevola to enter Hall of Fame".

    Retrieved 20 March

External links