Brad Oborne (born 19 June 1980) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with Collingwood in the

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(AFL). The 35th selection from the 1998 AFL draft, Oborne was secured by Collingwood under the

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, as his father Rod Oborne had played for the club in the 1970s. He was drafted from

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side the Preston Knights, having earlier played with Montmorency. He played four games for Collingwood in the

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and had his best performance against the

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when he kicked three goals.AFL Tables: Brad Oborne
/ref> The following year he was called up to the seniors just once and at the end of the season was delisted by Collingwood.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oborne, Brad 1980 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Northern Knights players Montmorency Football Club players Living people