Full name Darren Mead Name Darren Mead 1997–2002 Port Adelaide | Years Club Height/Weight 193 cm / 98 kg Positions Half-back line | |
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Date of birth (1971-03-29) 29 March 1971 (age 44) Draft Port Adelaide zone selection Role Australian Rules Footballer Original team Port Adelaide Football Club | ||
Darren Mead (born 29 March 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Australian Football League (AFL).
Football career
After being a strong part of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL, he was retained as part of Port's entry into the Australian Football League competition in 1997. However, he was initially drafted by Essendon during the 1988 VFL draft at selection 107. Mead, to turn 18 soon after for the 1989 season, never took up the offer from Windy Hill.
He won Port Adelaide's first ever AFL best and fairest. He was a strong competitor at centre half-back and also occasionally played the ruck. He became the first Port Adelaide Power player to play 100 games in 2001. He was one of the leaders of the club throughout his AFL career, which lasted from 1997 through to 2002.