- Brendon Lade
Infobox afl player | firstname = Brendon
lastname = Lade
birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1976|7|10
birthplace =Kangaroo Island ,Australia
originalteam =South Adelaide Football Club (SANFL )
heightweight = 199cm / 102kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 29 March 1997
debutteam = Port Adelaide
debutopponent = Collingwood
debutstadium =Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Port Adelaide (1997-)201 games, 160 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = rd 6, 2008
careerhighlights =
*AFL Rising Star nominee 1997
*Port Adelaide premiership side 2004
*All-Australian 2006, 2007
*John Cahill Medal 2006Brendon Lade (born 10 July 1976 on
Kangaroo Island ,Australia Fact|date=February 2007) is anAustralian rules football er.Able to play as both a relieving ruckman and forward, Lade was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL side in Round 1, 1997. 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 Wasanger Football Club where he played the remainder of his football until he turned 16.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.
In 2004 he had a great year, leading the hitouts in the absence of injured ruckman
Matthew Primus , finishing second in the goalkicking toWarren Tredrea , and capping it all off with a 2004 premiership medal.In 2006 Lade won
All-Australian selection and also took out theJohn Cahill Medal , Port Adelaide's Best and Fairest.In 2007 Lade has continued his career best form, 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.
Lade is well known for goal assists more than for goal scoring abilities.
External links
*Portplayer|ref=14398
*AflRleague|ref=B/Brendon_Lade.html
* [http://thepowerfromport.com.au/port_afl_player_profile.php?player_id=30 Brendon Lade Profile on ThePowerFromPort.com.au]
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