Brad Bootsma

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Brad Bootsma (born 30 December, 1972) is an Australian rules footballer. He played as a half-back flanker or midfielder . Boostma was recruited from South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Fremantle Dockers

At the age of 27 the Dockers surprised many when they selected Bootsma with the second pick in the 2000 pre season draft (their only selection in that draft). The club handed over the number 40 jumper once worn by Luke Toia and Jess Sinclair and rookie list player Darren Bolton. Bootsma was a hard working type of player.

After spending the first seven rounds of the 2000 season playing in the WAFL with South Fremantle, Bootsma was selected to make his debut in Round 8 against Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] at the Docklands Stadium in a rare (for AFL) Monday night game. A more than servicable game saw Bootsma end up playing played 13 games in his debut season.

Bootsma played the first 10 games of 2001 and had more than 20 possessions in 5 of them. However, the tumultuous round 10 match against Richmond, Ben Allan's first as caretaker coach after Damien Drum was sacked, would be Bootsma's last, due initially to a knee injury and later he was unable to break into the team eager to rebuild for the future. He would remain on the Fremantle list for the 2002 season, but did not play another senior game. He was delisted at the end of 2002.

South Fremantle

Bootsma gave great service to South Fremantle before & after he'd played for Fremantle. In 1997 he helped South to win the WAFL Premiership & he won South's best and fairest award in 1999. On his return to South Fremantle in 2002 he was awarded the captaincy which he held until he retired before the start of the 2005 WAFL season.

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