Full name Brendon Lade Name Brendon Lade Date joined 1997 Positions Ruckman | Years Club Weight 102 kg Height/Weight 199cm / 102kg Height 1.99 m | |
Date of birth (1976-07-10) 10 July 1976 (age 39) Role Australian rules football midfielder Original team South Adelaide Football Club | ||
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Brendon Lade (born 10 July 1976) is an assistant coach and former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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- 70 metre brendon lade bomb
- Ptv brendon lade portadelaidefc com au s fifth greatest draft selection
- Early career 19921999
- Injury 20002001
- Career high 20042009
- Coaching career 2010present
- References
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Early career (1992–1999)
Lade was born on Kangaroo Island and grew up playing football for the local Western Districts Football Club, where his father coached 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 club South Adelaide before his recruitment to 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, 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 caused him to miss the entire 2001 AFL season after a re-injury. However, he recovered from these injuries to become one of the best ruckmen in the league.
Career high (2004–2009)
In 2004 Lade had a great year, leading the club's hitouts statistics 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, and earning a rare 2 year contract with the Power at 31 years old.
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. He later became the midfield stoppage coach, and held this position until the end of 2016, after which he returned to Port Adelaide as an assistant coach for the 2017 AFL season.