A professional Australian rules football player for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League, Scott Pendlebury was born on January 7, 1988. (AFL). Since the 2014 season, he has led Collingwood as captain.
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He surpassed Collingwood’s records for both the most games played as captain and the most VFL/AFL games played in round 18 of the 2020 campaign.
Starting his career with the number 16 on his guernsey, Pendlebury switched to the number 10 at the beginning of the 2007 campaign. He has exceptional vision thanks to his years of basketball experience, is a natural left-footer, and rarely wastes possession.
Where did Scott Pendlebury grow up?
Pendlebury, who hails from Sale in Victoria’s Gippsland region and began his athletic career playing basketball, accepted a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
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But after three weeks there, he decided to leave the Under 18s team and head back to Victoria to pursue a career in professional football with the Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup.
Patty Mills, who later helped the San Antonio Spurs win the 2014 NBA Championship, filled Pendlebury’s vacant spot on the AIS team. Pendlebury was a lifelong fan of the Melbourne Football Club.
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