Scott Pendlebury
Encyclopedia
Scott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football
player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club
in the Australian Football League
(AFL).
in Canberra
. However, he decided to make a return to competitive football and was selected for the 2005 Under-18 Vic Country team. He played two of the three games, and amassed an average of 17 possessions.
He was selected to play for eventual 2005 TAC Cup
premiers Gippsland Power. He played 19 games, kicked 11 goals and averaged 22 possessions a game. The Collingwood Magpies came across Pendlebury after Gippsland Power manager Peter Francis recommended both Pendlebury and his older brother Kristopher. Collingwood drafted Pendlebury with pick five in the 2005 AFL Draft
, and Collingwood's number two pick overall.
, with his balance and agility in packs making him almost impossible to tackle.
debut in Round 10 against the Brisbane Lions
, and became part of a select group of footballers known for kicking their first goal with their first kick in league football. He played eight more promising games, including a spectacular basketball-esque 'steal' from former Sydney
player Paul Williams
.
, and giving his number 16 guernsey to newcomer Nathan Brown
. Following his nine games in 2006, Pendlebury broke into the Collingwood midfield on a regular basis, averaging 18 disposals a game before he was nominated for the NAB Rising Star in Round 4. He became one of Collingwood's most well-known players and one of their best midfielders. He collected a season-high 26 possessions in the 2007 Semi-Final against the West Coast Eagles in Perth, as well as kicking a crucial goal during extra time.
Throughout the 2007 season, he was compared with Geelong
rookie midfielder Joel Selwood
. Both were close favourites for the 2007 NAB Rising Star, with Selwood eventually claiming the honour over Pendlebury by seven votes.
Pendlebury suffered an ankle injury in the opening minutes of Collingwood's Round 17 loss against Brisbane. However, he managed to return after only two weeks.
Pendlebury also placed second in the 2007 Copeland Trophy
behind Travis Cloke
.
Highlights of Pendlebury's season thus far include amassing 33 disposals against Essendon on ANZAC Day and placing a close second behind Paul Medhurst
for the Anzac Day medal.
On 9 May 2008, Pendlebury was selected in the Victorian Squad for the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match, with team-mates Josh Fraser
and Heath Shaw
. Despite playing only half of the match, he collected 19 disposals with a 79% efficiency rating. He later stated that, "It was a very special time ... just to meet the players, and be amongst them ... just being out there and playing a half decent game gives me confidence."
Pendlebury was an important factor in Collingwood's 86-point victory over reigning premiers Geelong
. His early tackle and subsequent free kick on Geelong defender Matthew Scarlett
was merely the beginning of Collingwood's intense tackling pressure throughout the game, and he later stated that, "our tackling pressure was what we were renowned for last year, and I think it was the first time we've shown it this year."
Pendlebury played his 50th game on 9 August 2008 against St Kilda in Round 19.
He finished third in Collingwood's 2008 Best and Fairest count.
on the Queens Birthday and won the Women's Round medal. He had a career high 22 kicks against the West Coast Eagles
and another career high 20 handballs against the Richmond Football Club
. He is regarded as Dane Swan
's main challenger for Collingwood's best and fairest award. Despite missing a few games due to injuries, he was still shortlisted for selection as an All-Australian and has been nominated as Collingwood's third best player. He had an average of 26 disposals a game (13 kicks and 13 handballs)and averaged 2 goals per 5 games. He is considered to be one of the best midfielders in the Collingwood side. His season ended with a cracked fibula bone injury in the Qualifying final.
Pendlebury polled 13 votes in the 2009 Brownlow Medal
, the top ranked Collingwood player.
and won the ANZAC Medal. He polled 21 votes in the 2010 Brownlow Medal
, to finish in fourth position. He won the 2010 Norm Smith medal when Collingwood won the premiership.
He capped off a brilliant year, winning the Copeland Trophy
for the best and fairest player at Collingwood, and the Bob Rose Trophy for being the best Collingwood player through out the finals.
In the Brownlow
he polled 24 votes to finish equal third behind winner Dane Swan, Sam Mitchell (disqualified) and Nick Dal Santo
.
. He attended Catholic College Sale.
He played alongside Dale Thomas
, Tyson Goldsack
and Brent Macaffer
at the Gippsland Power before all getting drafted to Collingwood
.
Pendlebury's older brother Kris plays for Collingwood VFL Football Club
affiliation team as a rookie-listed player, and previously played for Essendon's VFL affiliation Bendigo Bombers
.
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...
player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL).
Early life
Originally from Sale, Pendlebury began his sporting career in basketball and accepted a scholarship to the Australian Institute of SportAustralian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...
in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
. However, he decided to make a return to competitive football and was selected for the 2005 Under-18 Vic Country team. He played two of the three games, and amassed an average of 17 possessions.
He was selected to play for eventual 2005 TAC Cup
TAC Cup
The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....
premiers Gippsland Power. He played 19 games, kicked 11 goals and averaged 22 possessions a game. The Collingwood Magpies came across Pendlebury after Gippsland Power manager Peter Francis recommended both Pendlebury and his older brother Kristopher. Collingwood drafted Pendlebury with pick five in the 2005 AFL Draft
2005 AFL Draft
The 2005 AFL Draft was the 2005 instance of the AFL Draft, the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.The 2005 Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period...
, and Collingwood's number two pick overall.
AFL career
Pendlebury has been described as possessing exceptional class and poise. He is a natural left-footer, and rarely wastes a possession, and has excellent vision that has been attributed to his years in basketball. He has also been likened to St Kilda midfielder Nick Dal SantoNick Dal Santo
Nick Dal Santo is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...
, with his balance and agility in packs making him almost impossible to tackle.
2006
Pendlebury's 2006 pre-season was hampered by glandular fever, but he made a successful comeback with Collingwood's VFL affiliation in Williamstown. He made his AFLAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
debut in Round 10 against the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
, and became part of a select group of footballers known for kicking their first goal with their first kick in league football. He played eight more promising games, including a spectacular basketball-esque 'steal' from former Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
player Paul Williams
Paul Williams (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Williams is a former Australian rules footballer with both Collingwood and Sydney. Since retiring from playing, he has been an assistant coach, including a bried period as caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs towards the end of the 2011 season...
.
2007
Pendlebury began his 2007 season by moving to the number 10 guernsey, previously worn by Blake CaracellaBlake Caracella
Blake Caracella is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .-Essendon career:Selected by Essendon in the 1995 National Draft at pick 10, Caracella finally debuted with the Bombers in 1997...
, and giving his number 16 guernsey to newcomer Nathan Brown
Nathan J. Brown
Nathan J. Brown is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL....
. Following his nine games in 2006, Pendlebury broke into the Collingwood midfield on a regular basis, averaging 18 disposals a game before he was nominated for the NAB Rising Star in Round 4. He became one of Collingwood's most well-known players and one of their best midfielders. He collected a season-high 26 possessions in the 2007 Semi-Final against the West Coast Eagles in Perth, as well as kicking a crucial goal during extra time.
Throughout the 2007 season, he was compared 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...
rookie midfielder Joel Selwood
Joel Selwood
Joel Anthony Selwood is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...
. Both were close favourites for the 2007 NAB Rising Star, with Selwood eventually claiming the honour over Pendlebury by seven votes.
Pendlebury suffered an ankle injury in the opening minutes of Collingwood's Round 17 loss against Brisbane. However, he managed to return after only two weeks.
Pendlebury also placed second in the 2007 Copeland Trophy
Copeland Trophy
The E.W. Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for Collingwood during the year....
behind Travis Cloke
Travis Cloke
Travis Cloke is a professional Australian rules footballer playing in the Australian Football League. Cloke was drafted under the father-son rule by Collingwood in the 3rd round of the 2004 AFL Draft...
.
2008
Pendlebury was voted into Collingwood's five-man leadership group as deputy vice-captain preceding the 2008 season. He was also named in Mike Sheehan's Top 50 AFL Players at #42.Highlights of Pendlebury's season thus far include amassing 33 disposals against Essendon on ANZAC Day and placing a close second behind Paul Medhurst
Paul Medhurst
Paul Medhurst is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club....
for the Anzac Day medal.
On 9 May 2008, Pendlebury was selected in the Victorian Squad for the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match, with team-mates Josh Fraser
Josh Fraser
Josh Fraser is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League and formerly of the Collingwood Football Club....
and Heath Shaw
Heath Shaw
Heath Shaw is an Australian rules footballer playing for Collingwood in the Australian Football League-AFL career:...
. Despite playing only half of the match, he collected 19 disposals with a 79% efficiency rating. He later stated that, "It was a very special time ... just to meet the players, and be amongst them ... just being out there and playing a half decent game gives me confidence."
Pendlebury was an important factor in Collingwood's 86-point victory over reigning premiers 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...
. His early tackle and subsequent free kick on Geelong defender Matthew Scarlett
Matthew Scarlett
Matthew Scarlett is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A fullback, tall and weighing , Scarlett is the eldest son of former Geelong footballer John Scarlett....
was merely the beginning of Collingwood's intense tackling pressure throughout the game, and he later stated that, "our tackling pressure was what we were renowned for last year, and I think it was the first time we've shown it this year."
Pendlebury played his 50th game on 9 August 2008 against St Kilda in Round 19.
He finished third in Collingwood's 2008 Best and Fairest count.
2009
Pendlebury became more prominent in 2009. He collected a career high 39 disposals against Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
on the Queens Birthday and won the Women's Round medal. He had a career high 22 kicks against the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
and another career high 20 handballs against the Richmond Football Club
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
. He is regarded as Dane Swan
Dane Swan
Dane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
's main challenger for Collingwood's best and fairest award. Despite missing a few games due to injuries, he was still shortlisted for selection as an All-Australian and has been nominated as Collingwood's third best player. He had an average of 26 disposals a game (13 kicks and 13 handballs)and averaged 2 goals per 5 games. He is considered to be one of the best midfielders in the Collingwood side. His season ended with a cracked fibula bone injury in the Qualifying final.
Pendlebury polled 13 votes in the 2009 Brownlow Medal
2009 Brownlow Medal
-Voting Procedure:The three field umpires confer after each match and award 3 votes, 2 votes and 1 vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best in the match respectively.-Ineligible players:As the award is for the Best and Fairest player in the league, players found guilty...
, the top ranked Collingwood player.
2010
In 2010 Pendlebury won a spot in the All-Australian teamAll-Australian Team
The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season....
and won the ANZAC Medal. He polled 21 votes in the 2010 Brownlow Medal
2010 Brownlow Medal
The Brownlow Medal is the most prestigious individual award in Australian rules football and was awarded in 2010 to Chris Judd from the Carlton Football Club for being voted as the fairest and best during the 2010 Australian Football League home and away season. The vote counting ceremony was held...
, to finish in fourth position. He won the 2010 Norm Smith medal when Collingwood won the premiership.
2011
In 2011 Pendlebury won his second ANZAC Day Medal as best-on-ground in Collingwood's 30-point win over . Three weeks later, against , he was controversially denied a goal from a free kick that would have won Collingwood the game. Ultimately, the Magpies lost by three points.He capped off a brilliant year, winning the Copeland Trophy
Copeland Trophy
The E.W. Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for Collingwood during the year....
for the best and fairest player at Collingwood, and the Bob Rose Trophy for being the best Collingwood player through out the finals.
In the Brownlow
2011 Brownlow Medal
The Brownlow Medal is the most prestigious individual award in Australian rules football. The award was presented on Monday, 26 September, in the week before the 2011 AFL Grand Final.-Leading votegetters:...
he polled 24 votes to finish equal third behind winner Dane Swan, Sam Mitchell (disqualified) and Nick Dal Santo
Nick Dal Santo
Nick Dal Santo is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...
.
Personal life
Pendlebury was born and raised in Sale, VictoriaSale, Victoria
Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
. He attended Catholic College Sale.
He played alongside Dale Thomas
Dale Thomas (footballer)
Dale Robert Jordan Thomas is a professional Australian rules football player currently with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
, Tyson Goldsack
Tyson Goldsack
Tyson Goldsack is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
and Brent Macaffer
Brent Macaffer
Brent Macaffer is a Collingwood footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited in the 2006 AFL draft.Macaffer is one of a string of players to have been recruited by Collingwood from Gippsland. Despite his small stature, Macaffer led the TAC Cup U/18 goalkicking in 2006, and was...
at the Gippsland Power before all getting drafted to Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
.
Pendlebury's older brother Kris plays for Collingwood VFL Football Club
Collingwood VFL Football Club
Collingwood Football Club VFL team, nicknamed The Magpies and often referred to as the Collingwood Reseves, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Victorian Football League...
affiliation team as a rookie-listed player, and previously played for Essendon's VFL affiliation Bendigo Bombers
Bendigo Bombers
The Bendigo Bombers Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia playing in the Victorian Football League .-Brief history:...
.
External links
- Scott Pendlebury profile on the Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club