Dean Brogan

Dean Brogan
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Personal information
Full name	Dean Scott Brogan
Nickname(s)	Brogs
Date of birth	(1978-12-14) 14 December 1978
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Christies Beach (SFL) South Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	No. 26, 2000 Rookie Draft, Port Adelaide
Height/Weight	201cm / 100kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000–2011 2012–2013 Total	Port Adelaide Greater Western Sydney	174 (50) 019 0(3) 193 (53)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
Port Adelaide premiership player 2004 Showdown Medal Rd.6 2009 (Showdown XX) SFL "Greatest Exports Team" - Ruck

Dean Brogan

Career history
1998	Adelaide 36ers
1998–1999	Newcastle Falcons
Career highlights and awards
1998 NBL Championship

Dean Scott Brogan (born 14 December 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently serving as the Giants' ruck and stoppages coach.

Brogan is the younger brother of former Australian Opals basketball player Michelle Brogan.

NBL career

Adelaide 36ers

Dean Brogan attended the Australian Institute of Sport from 1996 to 1997, before returning to Adelaide with the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL) under the rookie coaching of Australian and Adelaide basketball legend Phil Smyth. He made his NBL debut on 31 January 1998 with what would be a career high 7 points in the 36ers 125-86 home win over the Townsville Crocodiles at the Clipsal Powerhouse.

Brogan was part of the 36ers team that won the 1998 NBL championship over the South East Melbourne Magic with a 2-0 clean sweep of the Grand Final series. Brogan didn't get on the court in Adelaide's 100-93 home win at the Powerhouse, and was only subbed on late in Game 2 at Melbourne Park with the 36ers holding an unbeatable lead. Within moments of coming on, Brogan was fouled and describes his two free throws as "almost air balled". After missing his second shot, he then hustled back on defence and took a charge from the Magic's Frank Drmic causing a turnover and giving the ball to the 36ers. Adelaide won the game over the Magic (who were the minor premiers with an imposing 28-6 record) 90-62 for their second NBL title.

Newcastle Falcons

Brogan moved to play for the Newcastle Falcons in the 1998-99 NBL season and thus missed out on the 36ers back-to-back championships as his former team also won the 1998–99 NBL championship.

Dean Brogan played 43 NBL games (17 with Adelaide and 26 with Newcastle), averaging 2.2 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 9.9 minutes per game.

Following his season with the Falcons, at the age of 20, Brogan decided to give up basketball to focus on Australian rules football. His former 36ers team mates jokingly claimed that Brogan made the correct decision to concentrate on football with Martin Cattalini saying on the 1990s club DVD entitled "Title Town" that as a basketballer Brogan made a very good footballer.

AFL career

Port Adelaide (2000–2011)

Brogan was rookie drafted by Port Adelaide in 1999. He spent the 2000 season playing for South Adelaide in the SANFL, attempting to transition his skills from basketball to football and a year later made his AFL debut in 2001. Under coach Mark Williams the Power became just that in the AFL and qualified for their first ever AFL Grand Final in 2004 where they defeated three time defending champions the Brisbane Lions to win the 2004 Premiership in front of 77,671 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. As the team's starting ruckman Brogan became the first sportsman to win national 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 season's end. Brogan went on to win the Showdown medal in Round 6, 2009 for his best on ground effort against the Adelaide Crows in Showdown XXVI. 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 Giants.

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. He pleaded guilty and was fined $750.

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

Playing Statistics

†	Denotes seasons in which Brogan won an AFL Premiership

Season	Team	#	Games	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B
			Totals									Averages (per game)
2001	Port Adelaide	42	7	36	11	25	14	11	51	3	1	5.1	1.6	3.6	2.0	1.6	7.3	0.4	0.1
2002	Port Adelaide	20	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	Port Adelaide	20	23	246	97	149	95	28	396	5	2	10.7	4.2	6.5	4.1	1.2	17.2	0.2	0.1
2004†	Port Adelaide	20	23	273	120	153	111	44	328	14	3	11.9	5.2	6.7	4.8	1.9	14.3	0.6	0.1
2005	Port Adelaide	20	14	137	71	66	51	27	136	7	3	9.8	5.1	4.7	3.6	1.9	9.7	0.5	0.2
2006	Port Adelaide	20	15	163	70	93	63	32	162	2	5	10.9	4.7	6.2	4.2	2.1	10.8	0.1	0.3
2007	Port Adelaide	20	18	216	70	146	89	41	222	0	4	12.0	3.9	8.1	4.9	2.3	12.3	0.0	0.2
2008	Port Adelaide	20	21	275	101	174	98	53	397	7	4	13.1	4.8	8.3	4.7	2.5	18.9	0.3	0.2
2009	Port Adelaide	20	20	242	98	144	73	51	432	9	1	12.1	4.9	7.2	3.7	2.6	21.6	0.5	0.1
2010	Port Adelaide	20	20	267	133	134	68	62	475	1	2	13.4	6.7	6.7	3.4	3.1	23.8	0.1	0.1
2011	Port Adelaide	20	12	167	84	83	27	38	249	2	1	13.9	7.0	6.9	2.3	3.2	20.8	0.2	0.1
2012	GWS	10	9	100	58	42	35	12	142	0	0	11.1	6.4	4.7	3.9	1.3	15.8	0.0	0.0
2013	GWS	50	10	105	55	50	31	23	179	3	3	10.5	5.5	5.0	3.1	2.3	17.9	0.3	0.3
Career			193	2229	968	1261	755	422	3169	53	29	11.5	5.0	6.5	3.9	2.2	16.4	0.3	0.2

External links

• Dean Brogan's profile on the official website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants
• Dean Brogan's statistics from AFL Tables