Darren Mead

Personal information
Full name	Darren Mead
Birth	29 March 1971 (1971-03-29) (age 40)
Place of birth	South Australia
Recruited from	Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)
Height	193 cm
Weight	98 kg
Playing career
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Club
Years	Team	Pld	G
1997–2002	Port Adelaide Football Club	122	8

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).

AFL career

Port Adelaide Football Club

Port Adelaide Magpies (1989–1996)

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.

Port Adelaide Power (1997–2002)

He won Port Adelaide Power's first ever 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.

External links

• Darren Mead's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
• Darren Mead's statistics from AFL Tables

Preceded by New award

Port Adelaide Best and Fairest winner 1997

Succeeded by Adam Kingsley

Persondata
Name	Mead, Darren
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	29 March 1971
Place of birth	South Australia
Date of death
Place of death