Dean Brogan

Dean Brogan
Personal information
Full name	Dean Scott Brogan
Date of birth	14 December 1978 (1978-12-14) (age 32)
Original team	South Adelaide (SANFL)
Height/Weight	201cm / 97kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Club information
Current club	Greater Western Sydney
Number	-
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–2011 2012– Total	Port Adelaide Greater Western Sydney	174 (50) 0 (0) 174 (50)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
Career highlights
Port Adelaide premiership player 2004 Showdown Medal Rd 6 2009

Dean Scott Brogan (born 14 December 1978) is a ruckman in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was also a former basketballer with the Adelaide 36ers.

NBL career

Adelaide 36ers career (1998–1999)

Playing with the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League, Brogan was part of the 1998 side that won the NBL championship. The following season he played with the Newcastle Falcons. He later quit the sport to focus on Australian rules.

AFL career

Port Adelaide (2001–2011)

Known as a solid ruckman, Brogan debuted in 2001. When Port Adelaide were premiers in 2004, Brogan became the first sportsman to win titles in both the NBL and AFL. With the recurrent injuries and subsequent retirement of Matthew Primus between 2003 and 2005, Brogan's fine work in tandem with fellow Power and 2006 and 2007 All-Australian ruckman Brendon Lade continued to form an integral part of Port's hopes in the 2009 season before Lade's retirement at seasons end. Brogan won the Showdown medal in Round 6, 2009.^[1] He was named as vice-captain of the club in the lead up to the 2010 season.

Greater Western Sydney (2012)

In June 2011, at the age of 32, Brogan announced his retirement from AFL football at the conclusion of the 2011 season. However, he later decided against retirement and was traded to the new expansion Greater Western Sydney Football Club.

Off field controversies

In 2006, Brogan was involved in an incident at Adelaide airport in which he punched Adelaide Crows fan Dale Mortimer after being insulted, breaking Mortimer's nose.^[2] He pleaded guilty and was fined $750.^[3]

In July 2007, Brogan pleaded guilty to assaulting an Adelaide surgeon in October 2005,^[4] and was fined $1000.^[5]

External links

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

References

1. ^ Port take Showdown
2. ^ Questions Over Police Action Involving AFL Footballer
3. ^ Brogan admits to punching Crows supporter
4. ^ Brogan pleads guilty to assault
5. ^ Off-field behaviour puts football careers at risk

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Name	Brogan, Dean
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Date of birth	14 December 1978
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