Shane Tongerie is a former Australian rules football

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er who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Tongerie played for Central District in the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

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 before being selected by Adelaide with the 18th pick of the 1994 Pre-Season Draft

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. He kicked three goals on debut, against the Brisbane Bears

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 at the GABBA

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, after coming off the bench. In his next three games he had a combined total of just 11 disposals and lost his place in the side.

An Indigenous Australian, Tongerie was a member of the Aboriginal All-Stars team which defeated Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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by 20 points at Darwin in 1994.