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]
He spent the rest of the decade as playing coach of Western Border Football League club Coleraine, guiding them to a premiership in 1967.[5]
Saddington then returned to Richmond and was put in charge of their Under-19s side.[6] He was later coach of the Richmond reserves team.[7] Saddington coached the reserves side to a premiership in 1973; that same year he was awarded a life membership. He retired from coaching after the 1975 season.[1]