Brad Fisher

Infobox afl player


firstname = Bradley
lastname = Fisher


| birthdate = Birth date and age|1984|4|9|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam = East Burwood / Eastern U18
heightweight = 192cm / 82kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 2, 4 April 2003
debutteam = Carlton
debutopponent = Collingwood
debutstadium = M.C.G.
playingteams = Carlton (2003-)91 games, 118 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2008
careerhighlights =

*Carlton NAB AFL Rising Star nominee 2003.

Bradley Fisher (born 9 April 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Fisher was recruited in the 2002 AFL Draft from East Burwood by the Carlton Football Club with its fifth round selection (#72 overall). He was the third-last player selected in that draft, with the two later selections, Karl Norman and Mick Martyn, also taken by Carlton, who had that year been stripped of early draft picks due to salary cap breaches. Fisher made his AFL debut for the Carlton Football Club in the second round of his first season, 2003, against Collingwood.

Fisher plays both in the forward line and at half-forward. He is recognised as an excellent and safe one-grab overhead mark, perhaps the best at the club, and regularly takes strong contested marks in forward packs. Throughout his career, his marking has been let down by his kicking for goal, particularly due to the short range of his kicking, but also due to inaccuracy; however, he has improved in both of these areas. As a supporting forward, he is yet to score more than three goals in a game, but remains a valuable part of the Blues' forward structure.

Fisher's career has been delayed by several injuries. He missed nineteen games in 2004 and 2005 with a knee reconstruction in 2004, nine games in 2006 with shoulder injuries, and the start of the 2008 with a broken thumb.

External links

*Carlplayer|ref=131132
*AflRleague|ref=B/Bradley_Fisher.html
* [http://www.blueseum.org/cfc/tiki-index.php?page=Brad+Fisher Brad Fisher Profile in Blueseum]