Saddington was a ruckman and occasional defender, recruited locally.
[2] He polled the equal most votes by a Richmond player in the 1959 Brownlow Medal.
[3] From 1963 to 1965, Saddington played 26 games for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League.
[4] He spent the rest of the decade as playing coach of Western Border Football League club Coleraine, guiding them to a premiership in 1967.
[7] Saddington coached the reserves side to a premiership in 1973; that same year he was awarded a life membership.