Craig Evans is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 and the Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears

The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Evans was a local Geelong recruit, from the Grovedale Football Club

Grovedale Football Club

Grovedale Football Club plays in the Geelong Football League in Victoria, Australia. They play their home games at Burdoo Reserve.-Club history:...

. He appeared in nine games for Geelong during the 1986 VFL season

1986 VFL season

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 and was then one of the players offered up by the club to the Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears

The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

.

At Brisbane for their inaugural league season, Evans had to wait until round 11 for his first game. He made his debut for the Bears in a fixture against Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 at Carrara Oval

Carrara Stadium

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 and he kicked two goals. The following week he played in a loss to Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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, in what would be his last VFL game.