Brendon Lade
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Photographed in May 2007 |
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| Full name | Brendon Lade |
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| Date of birth | (1976-07-10) 10 July 1976 |
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| Place of birth | Kangaroo Island, Australia |
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| Original team | South Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) |
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| Height/Weight | 199cm / 102kg |
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| Position(s) | Ruckman |
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| Playing career1 |
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
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| 1997 – 2009 | Port Adelaide | 234 (182) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2009 season. |
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Brendon Lade (born 10 July 1976) is the midfield stoppage coach at the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1] He is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire playing career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.
AFL career
Early Career (1992–1999)
Lade grew up playing football for Western Districts Football Club on Kangaroo Island, Australia, (his birthplace) where his father was coaching the A grade side. At the age of 8 Lade moved to the Wisanger Football Club where he played the remainder of his football until he turned 16. Able to play as both a relieving ruckman and forward, Lade played for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club South Adelaide before his recruitment by Port Adelaide in the lead up to their inaugural season in the AFL in 1997. Lade made his senior AFL debut for Port Adelaide in Round 1, 1997, which was also Port Adelaide's debut AFL match.
Injury (2000–2001)
Lade missed just one game in his first three years before he suffered a serious leg injury in Round 2 of 2000 which sidelined him for the rest of the season and also missed the entire 2001 AFL season after re-injuring it. But he recovered from the injuries to become one of the best ruckmen in the league.
Career high (2004–2009)
In 2004 Lade had a great year, leading the hitouts in the absence of injured Port Adelaide ruckman Matthew Primus, finishing second in the goalkicking to Warren Tredrea, and capping it off with a premiership medal when Port Adelaide won its first AFL premiership, defeating the Brisbane Lions. In 2006 Lade won All-Australian selection and also took out the John Cahill Medal, Port Adelaide's Best and Fairest. In 2007 Lade continued his career best form winning another All-Australia selection, earning him a rare 2 year contract with the Power for a 31 year old and ensuring he would be with the Power until the end of the 2009 AFL season.
Lade retired at the end of the 2009 season. He and team-mate Peter Burgoyne, the last remaining members of Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL team, both played their final games in Round 22, 2009.
Coaching Career (2010–present)
After ending his 234-game AFL career in 2009, Lade immediately joined Richmond Football Club to become the ruck coach joining former Port Adelaide teammate Damien Hardwick, Richmond's senior coach.[2] As of the 2014 season he is the midfield stoppage coach.[1]
Statistics
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References
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