Craig Braddy

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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| name = Craig Braddy

| image =

| fullname = Craig Braddy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|12|df=yes}}

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| death_date =

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| originalteam = Olympic Youth Club

| height = 192 cm

| weight = 91 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1985

| years1 = 1980–1981

| club1 = Fitzroy

| games_goals1 = 8 (3)

| years2 = 1982–1985

| club2 = Sydney Swans

| games_goals2 = 56 (83)

| games_goalstotal = 64 (86)

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Craig Braddy (born 12 April 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

Braddy could only manage four games in each of his two league seasons at Fitzroy, having come to the club from the Olympic Youth Club.{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/craig%2Bbraddy/11407| title=Craig Braddy - Player Bio| publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 August 2015}}

He was sold to Sydney and played in their first season after relocation from South Melbourne. Braddy and Gerard Neesham were the first new recruits to play for Sydney, making their debuts in round seven of 1982.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Craig_Braddy.html AFL Tables: Craig Braddy]

In 1983 he had his best season, playing 21 games as a key forward. He kicked 48 goals to comfortably top the Swans goal-kicking and had a career best six goal haul in a game against Carlton on the Sydney Cricket Ground. The following season he played 18 games and equaled his goals record with another six goal effort against North Melbourne.

After his VFL career ended, Braddy played with distinction in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with Central District. He also spent a year with Victorian Football Association club Dandenong in 1990.{{cite news|newspaper=Herald-Sun News-Pictorial|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|page=67|author=Damian Barrett|date=6 April 1991|title=Grand final action replay}} He is now involved in sports management and was the chief executive of the Eastern Football League from 2002 to 2005.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

His younger brother, Shane Braddy, was briefly a player with the Melbourne Football Club.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}