Story behind the story: Chandler's journey from farming, to cleaning windows, to kicking goals on the G

About this episode

This episode explores Kade Chandler's unique journey from a small farming town to becoming a top AFL forward.

Joe Pignataro and Joel Peterson bring you this Saturday feature edition of AFL Daily. Kade Chandler comes from the small town of Charra, 800km west of Adelaide. Only he, and Jay Polkinghorne (Geelong forward) have reached the AFL from the town. This is Kade's story, from working the farm through his childhood, to cleaning windows in South Australia before being selected by the Demons and becoming a top-10 small forward in the game. Subscribe to AFL Daily to never miss a moment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Pignataro, Joel Peterson

Guest: Kade Chandler

Topics covered

• Kade Chandler
• AFL journey
• small town athletes
• sports career
• farming to football
• window cleaning
• AFL Daily

Keywords

• Kade Chandler
• AFL
• Charra
• football journey
• small forward
• Demons
• Geelong
• sports career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Demons, Geelong

Places: Charra, Adelaide

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