Allen Eade is a former Australian rules football

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er who played for Collingwood

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1980s.

Eade spent most of his career at Coburg but played with Collingwood in a two season stint. He then returned to the Victorian Football Association

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 and was a half back flanker in Coburg's 1988 premiership team and on the half forward flank when they claimed a second successive flag the following season. Eade represented the VFA in the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival

1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival

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. He is one of three emergencies in the official Coburg 'Team of the Century'.