Darren Mead

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).

Darren Mead
Personal information
Full name Darren Mead
Date of birth (1971-03-29) 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
Years Club Games (Goals)
1989–1996 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 127 (20)
1997–2002 Port Adelaide (AFL) 122 (8)
Total 249 (28)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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
  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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