Darren Mead

Darren Mead
Darren Mead
Personal information
Full name	Darren Mead
Date of birth	29 March 1971
Original team(s)	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	No. 107, 1988 national draft
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Playing career1
Representative team honours
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.
Career highlights
	3x Port Adelaide premiership player (1994, 1995, 1996); John Cahill Medal (1997);
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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.^[1]

Mead was awarded Port Adelaide's best and fairest in the club's first year participating in the AFL.^[2] 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.

References

^ "NATIONAL DRAFT OF ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE - essendonfc.com.au". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
^ "Where are they now? Darren Mead". portadelaidefc.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

External links

Darren Mead's profile on the official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Darren Mead's playing statistics from AFL Tables

[1] "NATIONAL DRAFT OF ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE - essendonfc.com.au". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

[2] "Where are they now? Darren Mead". portadelaidefc.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

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