Troy Broadbridge
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
| Troy Broadbridge | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Troy Broadbridge | ||
| Born |
5 October 1980 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Died |
26 December 2004 (aged 24) Phi Phi Islands, Thailand | ||
| Original team | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2004 | Melbourne | 40 (2) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Troy Broadbridge (5 October 1980 – 26 December 2004) was an Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Melbourne career (2001–2004)
Broadbridge began his career as a defender with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Port Adelaide, the team his father Wayne played for, and was drafted by the Melbourne Football Club at the beginning of the 2001 AFL season. He won the club's Most Improved Player award in 2001, and became a regular in the side, playing a total of 40 games over his three seasons.
Broadbridge's first and last AFL games were both against Essendon – he made his debut in Round 8, 2001, in the teams' first meeting since the 2000 Grand Final, while his last league game was also against Essendon, in the 2004 elimination final. On both occasions, Melbourne lost.[1] His final game of football at any level was in the 2004 premiership team of Melbourne's VFL-affiliate, Sandringham.[2]
Marriage and death
Broadbridge married Trisha Silvers on 18 December 2004. On 26 December, while spending their honeymoon in the Phi Phi Islands, Thailand, he drowned after being swept out to sea by the tsunami that followed the Indian Ocean earthquake, but Silvers survived. His father located his body in a Thai morgue on 3 January 2005.[3][4][5] His funeral was held a few weeks later.[6][7]
