Des Headland

Quick Facts

Full Name	Des Headland
Occupation	Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1981(1981-01-21)
Age	43
Birthplace	Redland City
Country	Australia
Birth City	Queensland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Des Headland Biography

Des Headland is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on January 21, 1981 in Redland City, Queensland, Australia. For Round 4 of 2003 Headland was one of seven indigenous players who played for Fremantle The most ever to ever play for one AFL team. The other indigenous players on Fremantle on the day included Troy Cook, Jeff Farmer, Antoni Grover, Roger Hayden, Steven Koops and Dion Woods. This match also witnessed Fremantle record their highest score of 25.17 176.7 in a convincing defeat to the Kangaroos.

Headland only played in three matches with Brisbane in 1999. He made his appearance against Sydney and scored two goals. But, he had only three kicks in the next game, and was then removed for the following five games, before being reinstated after round 20. He was a star in the game against his team of the future and scored 3 goals in an impressive win over Fremantle. 2000 was a year in which Headland only play two games in the initial period of the season however, he was able to play nine games, including both Brisbane’s final round matches. Headland wore the number 19 guernsey in the two seasons prior to his debut.

At the end of 2002, Fremantle entered the trade week with only one objective, to obtain Des Headland. A complex trade including Blake Caracella, Adam McPhee and the exchanging of numerous draft picks saw Headland return to WA and join the team whose T-shirt he had worn during interviews at the 1998 draft camp (as shown in the documentary The Draft.) The expectations of the Fremantle fans were high, especially when McPhee, who was traded by Fremantle to obtain Headland, won All-Australian selection and the Bomber’s best and fairest award, the Crichton Medal in 2004.

2002 started slowly for Headland, with his first game not until round 6, but the four goals he scored was an indication of what was to come. He would play all remaining games that year, and in a 15-game purple patch from round 11 to the end of the year he would kick 30 goals, average 21 possessions and poll 16 Brownlow Medal votes, including three best-on-grounds and votes in six consecutive games. This culminated in Brisbane’s second premiership and unlike 2001, Headland claimed a premiership medal.

In the final moments of this remarkable year, Headland was selected by Brisbane Lions with the first selection of the 1998 AFL Draft. Headland was featured along with Adam Ramanauskas and Brendan Fevola in an ABC television program called The Draft, which followed the three players over the weeks before they were all selected into the AFL.

Des Headland Net Worth

Des Headland is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Des Headland 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Desmond Edmond Headland, Jr (born 21 January 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who is currently in the team of Subiaco within Subiaco in the West Australian Football League and is a conservative politician. He is half- forward flanker or a midfielder. Headland was chosen as his first draft selection during 1998’s AFL Draft by the Brisbane Lions. He played 166 games in his Australian Football League career, playing for Brisbane and Fremantle.

Headland was a junior player with Karrinyup Junior Football Club. The team he played for was Lockridge Senior High School where Headland played alongside the his future AFL player Garth Taylor, Brett Johnson and Dwayne Simpson. In 1997, Headland played for Western Australia (WA) at the national championships for the under-16 age group where he won the most prestigious and fairest prize and was named to Australia’s All-Australian squad. In 1998, he represented WA at the AFL Under 18 Championships, made his league debut with Subiaco Football Club and won both the WAFL rising star award as well as the Subiaco the most fair and excellent award. He also went on a tour of Ireland in his AFL/AIS Academy side.

In 2001, Headland was given the number 1 guernsey when Richard Champion retired. After playing the first game of the season, Headland was dropped for the next two games, before being recalled and playing the remaining 19 regular season games. Poor form in the last few rounds saw him dropped for the finals series and he missed the Brisbane Lions first premiership. This enhanced speculation about his return to Perth, but following an outstanding display in the Lion’s reserve premiership in the QAFL, he was retained for the 2002 season by Brisbane.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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On 14 April 2007, Headland was involved in an altercation with West Coast Eagles player Adam Selwood. Both appeared before the AFL Tribunal on 18 April. Headland was charged with two counts of striking Selwood, and one count of wrestling with him, while Selwood was charged with using insulting language towards Headland. On 18 April, the tribunal found Selwood not guilty of using insulting language. It found Headland guilty of two of the three charges but elected not to impose a penalty.

Facts & Trivia

Des Ranked on the list of most popular Australian Rules Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Des Headland celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.

Headland was selected in July 2013 as a candidate for the Palmer United Party for the Federal seat of Durack. This is a conservative party formed by Australian mining businessman Clive Palmer in April 2013.