Rodney "Rocket" Eade (born April 4, 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Australian rules football (also known as Aussie Rules or Footy) is a game played between two teams of 18 players, generally played on cricket ovals during the winter months. ...

Recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania, the winger played 229 games and kicked 46 goals for Hawthorn between 1976-1987, playing in the 1976, 1978, 1983, and 1986 premierships. He moved to the Brisbane Bears in 1988, playing 30 games and kicking 3 goals until his retirement in 1990. City of Glenorchy, Tasmania Glenorchy is one of the five city councils that make up the greater Hobart area of Tasmania. ... Hawthorn Football Club logo The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...

He took the coaching reigns of the Sydney Swans in 1996, coaching them to a Grand Final in his first year. He left the Swans mid-year in 2002, being taken over by Paul Roos. He spent 2003 and 2004 as a media writer and commentator, before being appointed coach of the Western Bulldogs for the 2005 season. In his first season as coach, he took an under-achieving Bulldogs side within a goal of a finals series berth, when they had finished with less than 5 wins in the previous two years. The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney. ... A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. ... Paul Roos Paul Roos is a player and coach in the Australian Football League. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known as the Footscray Football Club or The Bulldogs is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in western suburban Melbourne, Australia, drawing its supporter base from this traditionally poor, industrial, and less leafy part of Melbourne. ...