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Andrew McLeod
Andrew Luke McLeod (born 4 August 1976) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the games record holder for Adelaide, having played 340 games.
McLeod is considered by many as the greatest player to have played for the Adelaide Football Club. McLeod won two premierships for the Adelaide Football Club in 1997 and 1998. He was also awarded the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground in the 1997 and 1998 AFL Grand Finals.
McLeod was born in Darwin, Northern Territory. He is Indigenous with Wardaman and Warrgamay descent through his mother, while his father Jock McLeod is of Scottish descent. McLeod had an older sister and older brother and was the family's youngest child. When McLeod was young, his family moved to Katherine, near Wardaman country, before returning to Darwin in early 1985. He was educated at St John’s College Darwin.
As a child, McLeod supported the Essendon Football Club, and he also had experiences with AFL player and Darwin local Michael McLean.
My idol was Michael Mclean, number 51. I loved watching him play. He always gave me time when he came home. Seeing him on TV on the Winners and then when he came home you got to sit down with him and have a chat. He'd talk about what training you needed to do and the big league. I still keep in touch with him.
— Andrew McLeod
McLeod played a variety of sports as a junior, including athletics, soccer, rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football. His family had a long history of playing for the Darwin Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League, starting with his great-grandfather Put, down to his father, who had played over 200 games, so McLeod also began playing for their senior team in 1993. As a gifted player, he was selected to represent the Northern Territory in the Teal Cup, where he was voted best-on-ground in the team's win against Victoria.
Port Adelaide Football Club chief executive officer Brian Cunningham called McLeod's father Jock to offer McLeod a contract to play for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League for $250 per game. Jock knew that moving to Adelaide to play football would be daunting for McLeod, so he secretly negotiated with Port Adelaide to drop his son off at in Adelaide and then leave. The pair drove to Adelaide and stayed in the home of the Duffield family, who were Port Adelaide supporters. McLeod wasn't told that he'd be staying behind until the morning that his father left him there. Despite the rough start, McLeod very quickly rose through the ranks of the Port Adelaide team. He started by playing one game in the Under-17s side, followed by one game in the Under-19s side and four games in the reserves side, then finishing the season with 14 consecutive games in the senior team, including becoming a premiership player by winning the 1994 SANFL Grand Final.
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Andrew McLeod
Andrew Luke McLeod (born 4 August 1976) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the games record holder for Adelaide, having played 340 games.
McLeod is considered by many as the greatest player to have played for the Adelaide Football Club. McLeod won two premierships for the Adelaide Football Club in 1997 and 1998. He was also awarded the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground in the 1997 and 1998 AFL Grand Finals.
McLeod was born in Darwin, Northern Territory. He is Indigenous with Wardaman and Warrgamay descent through his mother, while his father Jock McLeod is of Scottish descent. McLeod had an older sister and older brother and was the family's youngest child. When McLeod was young, his family moved to Katherine, near Wardaman country, before returning to Darwin in early 1985. He was educated at St John’s College Darwin.
As a child, McLeod supported the Essendon Football Club, and he also had experiences with AFL player and Darwin local Michael McLean.
My idol was Michael Mclean, number 51. I loved watching him play. He always gave me time when he came home. Seeing him on TV on the Winners and then when he came home you got to sit down with him and have a chat. He'd talk about what training you needed to do and the big league. I still keep in touch with him.
— Andrew McLeod
McLeod played a variety of sports as a junior, including athletics, soccer, rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football. His family had a long history of playing for the Darwin Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League, starting with his great-grandfather Put, down to his father, who had played over 200 games, so McLeod also began playing for their senior team in 1993. As a gifted player, he was selected to represent the Northern Territory in the Teal Cup, where he was voted best-on-ground in the team's win against Victoria.
Port Adelaide Football Club chief executive officer Brian Cunningham called McLeod's father Jock to offer McLeod a contract to play for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League for $250 per game. Jock knew that moving to Adelaide to play football would be daunting for McLeod, so he secretly negotiated with Port Adelaide to drop his son off at in Adelaide and then leave. The pair drove to Adelaide and stayed in the home of the Duffield family, who were Port Adelaide supporters. McLeod wasn't told that he'd be staying behind until the morning that his father left him there. Despite the rough start, McLeod very quickly rose through the ranks of the Port Adelaide team. He started by playing one game in the Under-17s side, followed by one game in the Under-19s side and four games in the reserves side, then finishing the season with 14 consecutive games in the senior team, including becoming a premiership player by winning the 1994 SANFL Grand Final.