Brendon Lade
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| Birth | July 10, 1976 , Kangaroo Island, Australia |
| Recruited from | South Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) |
| Height and weight | 199cm / 102kg |
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| Debut | Round 1, March 29, 1997, Port Adelaide vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Port Adelaide (1997-)
201 games, 160 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of rd 6, 2008 season | |
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Brendon Lade (born July 10, 1976 on Kangaroo Island, Australia[citation needed]) is an Australian rules footballer.
Able to play as both a relieving ruckman and forward, Lade was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL side in Round 1, 1997. Lade grew up playing football for Western Districts Football Club on Kangaroo Island where his Dad was coaching the A grade side. At the age of 8 he moved to the Wasanger Football Club where he played the remainder of his football until he turned 16.
He missed just one game in his first 3 years before he suffered a serious knee injury in Round 2 of 2000 which sidelined him for the rest of the season and also missed the entire 2001 season after reinjuring it. But he recovered from the injuries to become one of the best ruckmen in the league.
In 2004 he had a great year, leading the hitouts in the absence of injured ruckman Matthew Primus, finishing second in the goalkicking to Warren Tredrea, and capping it all off with a 2004 premiership medal.
In 2006 Lade won All-Australian selection and also took out the John Cahill Medal, Port Adelaide's Best and Fairest.
In 2007 Lade has continued his career best form, earning him a rare 2 year contract with the Power for a 31 year old and ensuring he will be with the Power until the end of the 2009 season.
Lade is well known for goal assists more than for goal scoring abilities.
[edit] External links
- Brendon Lade profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
- Brendon Lade's statistics from AFL Tables
| Preceded by Warren Tredrea |
Port Adelaide Best and Fairest 2006 |
Succeeded by Kane Cornes |
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1 Tredrea • 3 Salopek • 4 D. Motlop • 5 Lade • 6 Thomson • 7 P. Burgoyne • 8 S. Burgoyne • 9 Surjan • 10 Boak • 11 M. Motlop • 12 Lonie • 13 Farmer • 14 Stewart • 15 Rodan • 16 Pearce • 17 Gray • 18 K. Cornes • 19 Williams • 20 Brogan • 21 Wilson • 22 Bentley • 23 Lobbe • 24 White • 25 Cassisi • 26 Lower • 27 Carlile • 28 Thurstans • 29 Krakouer • 30 Chaplin • 31 Minson • 32 Thomas • 33 Ebert • 34 Cockshell • 35 C. Cornes • 36 Pettigrew • 37 Deluca • 38 Giles • 39 J. Westhoff • 40 M. Westhoff • 41 Willits* • 42 Grose* • 43 Boyle* • 44 Logan • 45 Salter* • Coach: Williams * denotes Rookie Listed players |
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