Dean Brogan

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**Dean Brogan**
Personal information

Birth	December 14, 1978 (1978-12-14) (age 29),
Recruited from	South Adelaide
Height and weight	200cm / 97kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 9, May 27, 2001, Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne, at Football Park
Team(s)	Port Adelaide (2001-) 106 games, 33 goals
¹ Statistics to end of rd 5 2008 season
Career highlights

Dean Scott Brogan (born December 14, 1978) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was also a former basketballer with the Adelaide 36ers.

1 Basketball career
2 Football career
3 Off field controversies
4 Brogan Army
5 External links
6 See also
7 References

[edit] Basketball career

Playing with the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (Australia), Brogan was part of the 1998 side that won the NBL championship. He later quit the sport to focus on Australian rules.

[edit] Football career

Known as a solid ruckman, Brogan debuted in 2001. When Port Adelaide were premiers in 2004, Brogan became the first sportsman to win titles in both the NBL and AFL. With the recurrent injuries and subsequent retirement of Matthew Primus between 2003 and 2005, Brogan's fine work in tandem with fellow Power and 2006 All-Australian ruckman Brendon Lade continues to form an integral part of Port's hopes in season 2007.

[edit] Off field controversies

In 2006, Brogan was involved in an incident at an airport in which he allegedly assaulted Dale Mortimer, an Adelaide Crows fan. On 20th July 2006 Brogan was formally charged by police for assaulting a doctor in October 2005. Both these charges are currently before the courts.^[1]

[edit] Brogan Army

The 2006 off field drama's led to an alligence of fans naming themselves the Brogan Army. Made up from a core group of Port supporters, members can easily be spotted wearing T-shirts highlighting the assault of Dale Mortimer with the caption "If Brogan knocks your hat off..RUN!"

[edit] External links

Dean Brogan profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Dean Brogan's statistics from AFL Tables

[edit] See also

List of Australian rules football incidents

v • d • e Port Adelaide Power squad – 2004 AFL Premiers (1st Title)

Captain: Tredrea \| Bishop \| Brogan \| P.Burgoyne \| S.Burgoyne \| Carr \| Cassisi \| C.Cornes \| K.Cornes \| Dew \| Hardwick \| James \| Kingsley \| Lade \| Mahoney \| Montgomery \| Pickett \| Schofield \| Thurstans \| Wakelin \| Wanganeen \| Wilson Coach: Williams