Michael Redden

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Michael Redden
Personal information
Full name Michael John Redden
Date of birth (1957-05-17) 17 May 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth Pekina, South Australia
Original team(s) Orroroo (NAFA)
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1978–1993 North Adelaide 334 (141) [1]
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
South Australia 11
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Michael John Redden (born 17 May 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the holder of the club games record for North Adelaide with 334 premiership games, and also played 44 pre-season/night series matches, kicking 11 goals.

Recruited from the Orroroo Football Club in the Northern Areas Football Association, Redden made his SANFL debut in 1978.

He played in North Adelaide's premiership teams of 1987 and 1991, and won the club's best and fairest award in 1983, being awarded life membership at North Adelaide in 1987. In 1993, he was appointed captain of North Adelaide, and captained the club until his retirement at the end of the season.

Redden also played 11 matches in State of Origin football for South Australia, and was State Captain in 1991, being inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame in 2002. [2]

Redden lived on a farming property in Pekina, [3] near Orroroo, 270 kilometres north of Adelaide, during his playing career. It is estimated that he travelled approximately 260,000 kilometres to and from matches during his career. [4]

The value of Mick Redden's contribution to North Adelaide was officially recognised with his inclusion on the interchange bench in the club's Team of the Century. [5] and Hall of Fame. [6]

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References

  1. These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
  2. "SANFL Hall of Fame: Michael J. Redden". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. Turner, Matt (17 May 2012). "Champion ruck a true state stalwart". The Advertiser. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. NAFC Player Database
  5. NAFC Team of the Century
  6. NAFC Hall of Fame