Brendon Lade
Personal information
Full name	Brendon Lade
Date of birth	10 July 1976 (1976-07-10) (age 33)
Place of birth	Kangaroo Island, Australia
Recruited from	South Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)
Height/Weight	199cm / 102kg
Position(s)	Key Position Ruck
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997-2009	Port Adelaide	234 (182)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2009 season .

Brendon Lade (born 10 July 1976 on Kangaroo Island, Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.

[edit] Early Career (1992-1999)

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 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 was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL side in Round 1, 1997.

[edit] Injury (2000-2001)

He missed just one game in his first 3 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 season after reinjuring it. But he recovered from the injuries to become one of the best ruckmen in the league.

[edit] Career High (2004-2007)

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 winning another All-Australia selection, 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.

After ending his 234-game AFL career, Lade joined Richmond to become the assistant of coach and former Port Adelaide teammate Damien Hardwick.^[1]

[edit] Trivia

Lade is well known for goal assists more than for goal scoring abilities. However, his goal-kicking accuracy is considered particularly high.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Brendon Lade profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
• Brendon Lade's statistics from AFL Tables
• Brendon Lade Profile on ThePowerFromPort.com.au

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