Warren Tredrea
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Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules football
er with the Port Adelaide Football Club
in the Australian Football League
(AFL). A forward, 1.94 metres (6 ft) tall and weighing 97 kilograms (214 lb), Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood
and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea
.
Tredrea was zone selected
for the inaugural Port Adelaide Power side. Debuting in 1997
, after early success kicking two goals in the 1996 SANFL Premiership win, he only played one game in his debut season but went on to be the leading goal kicker in the following four seasons. He went on to become one of the best forwards in the competition, gaining a long list of individual accolades. He is a premiership winning captain
, had won four John Cahill Medal
s, AFL Coaches Association 'Champion Player of the Year' Award, and had been selected to four All-Australian sides. He also had topped the Port Adelaide top goal kicker list eight times.
and Port Adelaide
player Gary Tredrea
, Warren Tredrea played the bulk of his junior football as a wingman before a substantial growth spurt at the age of 16 saw him transformed into an exciting key position prospect, highlighted by his capture of both Port's Under-17 Coach's Trophy and the St Michael's College, Adelaide
'student athlete' award in 1995.
Tredrea made his senior SANFL debut in 1996, managing nine games and capping his rookie year with a premiership medallion, booting two goals in Port Adelaide's 36-point Grand Final victory over Central District.
.
As an 18 year old developing forward Tredrea found his opportunities for senior football limited, with his largely anonymous debut in Round 2 against Essendon
being his sole outing for the Power in 1997. During this time Tredrea managed 16 games for 16 goals with the Port Magpies back in the local league, ending his year on a sour note with a steady performance in the Magpies' defeat to Norwood
in the 1997 SANFL Grand Final.
If the knowledge of the extent of his potential was limited beforehand, season 1998 well and truly signalled the arrival of Warren Tredrea to the football world. After showing glimpses of his ability in the first six rounds of the season, Tredrea exploded in Round 7 against Carlton
at Optus Oval. A simply stunning performance reaped 22 disposals, 17 marks, eight goals (a club record), three Brownlow Medal
votes and an AFL Rising Star nomination. His starring role in the 89 point win came at a cost however, with a dislocated kneecap suffered late in the final quarter keeping him out until Round 13. Upon his return to the side Tredrea struggled for consistency but won his first South Australian guernsey with his selection to the State of Origin side to face Western Australia. More impressive performances against Essendon (Round 15, four goals), Melbourne (Round 20, 11 marks, three goals) and Fremantle (Round 21, six goals) followed. He ended the season as leading goalkicker with 33 goals. Only beating preceding leading goalkicker of 1997, Scott Cummings
by a goal.
He finished the following season in 1999, on 40 goals as leading goalkicker again. Where, Port Adelaide made the finals for the first time in their AFL history.
, Tredrea imposed himself on the AFL competition, booting 51 goals and taking 169 marks with his contributions as a major factor in his side's rise from 14th to third on the AFL ladder. Tredrea was rewarded for his season winning his maiden John Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide's best and fairest player and the first of four selections as All-Australian centre half forward. Tredrea backed up his breakthrough 2001 efforts with further outstanding seasons in 2002
, by kicking 49 goals (just missing out on being the leading goal kicking by three goals behind Stuart Dew
) with an All-Australian selection and in 2003
, he booted 58 goals, being the leading goal kicker for the club a fifth time and getting another All-Australian.
is considered Tredrea's best year as he led Port Adelaide to its first AFL premiership in the absence of the injured captain Matthew Primus
. He started the year in fine fashion, kicking six goals along side Stuart Dew
in the clubs 96 point victory over Essendon. He then kicked five goals against West Coast
the following week and booted four goals against Hawthorn
in Round 3. He gained captaincy for the entire year after Primus re-injured his knee in Round 3. He had a season high seven goals in Round 7 in the showdown
against Adelaide. He went on to kick six goals against Carlton in Round 15 and against West Coast in Round 17. He then captained the team into the finals and eventually captained them to the premiership win over the Brisbane Lions
. He booted 81 goals (career best) and took 192 marks playing in all 25 of the Power's games for the season as well as reaping a host of awards including his fourth All-Australian centre half forward guernsey, the All-Australian vice-captaincy, his second John Cahill Medal as Port's Best and Fairest player, the AFL Coaches' Association Most Valuable Player award, the Showdown Medal
, a raft of media awards and was the pre-count favourite for the Brownlow Medal, only to poll a disappointing 15 votes behind the eventual winner, Chris Judd
, who admitted in his acceptance speech "I thought Warren Tredrea was a shoo-in to be honest".
At the beginning of the 2005 season
, he kicked five goals in a two point win in the grand final rematch against the Brisbane Lions and again kicked five goals in Round 5 in the four point loss against Geelong
. In Round 7 there was a controversy after a celebration in Port Adelaide's 47-point victory over the Kangaroos
, when after kicking one of his six goals in a best-on-ground performance, he put his hand to his ear in a demonstrative "phonecall" celebration. Tredrea stated that as an Arsenal
fan, the celebration was an homage to Thierry Henry
who had "then" recently celebrated in the same fashion. In Round 13, he kicked seven goals against Hawthorn in Port Adelaide's biggest victory, earning him three Brownlow votes. In what was a dismal premiership defence whereby Port barely scraped into the finals series in eighth place before bowing out at the Semi Final stage, Tredrea repeated what he did the previous year, booting 65 goals and taking a personal best 220 marks to win his third John Cahill Medal despite narrowly losing his All-Australian mantle to Fremantle superstar Matthew Pavlich
. Indeed, Tredrea played some of his most explosive football ever highlighted by a dominant seven-goal haul on the All-Australian centre half back, Trent Croad, a pair of five-goal hauls on Matthew Scarlett of Geelong and Mal Michael of Brisbane; and a best on ground performance against the Kangaroos in the Elimination Final after kicking four goals.
at the end of 2005, Tredrea took over the captaincy role full time for the 2006
season but like his predecessor, was struck down by a serious knee injury, suffering a dislocated left kneecap in a preseason game against the Brisbane Lions. Upon his return to the side in Round 4 kicking only two goals against the Saints, it was clear Tredrea was still being hampered by the knee and with the notable exception of his four goal game against Essendon in Round 9 and the 16 mark and three goal game against Hawthorn in Round 11, his overall performances were mediocre by his usual lofty standards. When it became obvious in Round 15 after only kicking one goal against Geelong and with the Power looking like not making the finals, Tredrea had surgery on his knee early with the intention of having him fully fit before 2007.
Off the field he was also the mentor for NAB Rising Star nominee Justin Westhoff
.
In Round 12 2007
, Tredrea played his 200th senior appearance for the club against the team he first played against, Essendon and in doing so became the first Port player to reach that milestone in the club's AFL era. Prior to the occasion Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams
declared, "Tredders will go down in history, certainly in his first 200 games anyway, as the best player that's ever played for the club". In an auspicious return to form Tredrea booted four goals in the Power's 31 point victory over Essendon
at AAMI Stadium. In Round 16, after kicking three goals against Richmond he bruised his bone and ended up missing a month of football before returning in Round 20 against Hawthorn in Tasmania. In the Qualifying Final against West Coast, he helped Port win the game with a excellent check side goal and a Shepherd to give them the three point win. In the 2007 Preliminary Final Tredrea again had a controversy, after performing a bow to the crowd after snapping a goal in the 87-point victory over the Kangaroos. Following North's two-point victory in the sides' subsequent meeting in Round 15, 2008, during which Tredrea missed the opportunity to kick the winning goal from a difficult angle with 30 seconds remaining, North Melbourne captain Adam Simpson suggested the miss and Port's loss was "karma". Former North Melbourne champion Glenn Archer
also referred to the incident as "karma" when discussing the match on television show, Footy Classified
. Tredrea responded to the most recent controversy by explaining that no offence to North Melbourne was intended and that the celebration itself was merely a spontaneous reaction to the goal:
In the 2007 Grand Final
Tredrea was one of Port's few good players, kicking two goals in Port Adelaide's record Grand Final defeat to Geelong.
In December 2007, after much speculation, Tredrea re-signed with the Power for a further year. After speculation he would not be reappointed due to lingering doubts over his durability and longevity, Tredrea was reappointed as club captain for 2008 after impressive pre-season form.
He captained the team again in 2008
, kicking two goals in Port's Grand Final rematch against Geelong and again the following week. He booted four goals against Hawthorn in Round 8 (three goals in the first quarter) and again kicked four goals against Fremantle in Round 17, eventually dislocating his shoulder in the final term, ending his year. Despite criticism and queries over his form for the bulk of the year, Tredrea performed admirably in season 2008, kicking 31 goals and registering 28 score assists in 17 games.
who shifted to guernsey #6.
Tredrea started the first two games of 2009
slowly but in Round 3 he kicked six goals against the Demons
. The first time he had kicked five or more goals since Round 15, 2005. The next week he kicked his 500th goal and kicked another six goals against the Hawks before kicking seven goals against Richmond in Round 8, including the match winning goal with less than a minute to play and a towering mark at the other end of the ground to secure the game with seconds to play. After the match Mark Williams claimed it was his best game he had ever played earning him three Brownlow votes. He booted three goals in the Geelong loss in Round 13 and kicked four goals against the Brisbane Lions in Round 21, which was his final game for the year. Tredrea booted 51 goals in 21 games of the season, his best return since 2005 and the eighth time he had topped the Port Adelaide goal kicking chart. At season's end Tredrea was awarded his fourth John Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide's best and fairest player.
, he became the last inaugural player for the club who played with the Power (Nathan Eagleton
was also the only other inaugural Port Adelaide player still competing in the league, although he was playing for the Western Bulldogs
until his retirement at the end of the 2010 season).
Tredrea started 2010 well, kicking two goals and picking up 13 disposals against North Melbourne at AAMI Stadium. Tredrea played his 250th game with a win against the West Coast Eagles in Round 2 at Subiaco Oval
.
In the week leading up to Tredrea's 250th game, when asked if he wanted to continue playing football further than 2010 he replied stating, "You never want to put a timeline on things, but mentally I prepared as though last year would be the end. I wanted to make every post a winner and do everything I could to give myself the best opportunity (to perform) and it went on a year longer than I thought it would. If the body's fresh, my form is good and I'm enjoying it then there's no reason why I won't continue."
However, in Round 7, 2010, Tredrea collided with teammate Matt Thomas and damaged his ankle ligaments. On 26 July 2010, as a result of the injury, Tredrea retired, having played 255 games with a return of 549 goals. He is considered by many to be the greatest Port Adelaide player of its AFL era. He was farewelled with a lap of honour in Port Adelaide's Round 18 win over Hawthorn
and a testimonial dinner on 5 November 2010.
, Fox Footy Channel, 5AA 1395 Radio, Channel Nine
and Nova FM's 'Team Fitzy' program with Andrew McLeod
and Ryan Fitzgerald
. Post-retirement Tredrea plans to broaden his horizons in this field, rather than pursue a coaching role.
On November 1, 2010, he joined Triple M
104.7FM's "Hot Breakfast". Alongside Ali Carle and Dale Lewis. Also doing "Hot Breakfast", he does the "Expert Special Comments Role" as part of Triple M's AFL Broadcast. Tredrea re-signed with the Nine Network
Adelaide late in 2010, in the "Sports Expert Role", he appears regularly on Nine News (Adelaide). He also writes a weekly sports column for the Advertiser Newspaper.
Player of the Year award to the Women's and Children's Hospital
. The $10,000 worth of Magnavox
fridges, televisions, sound systems and microwaves were distributed to children's therapy rooms and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
"One of my good friends' mums works at the Children's, and I'd heard a lot of kids that are getting chemotherapy haven't even got a TV to watch," Tredrea said. "Those guys are doing it a lot tougher than I am, and it would be nice if those kids could have a little bit of happiness," the former Port Adelaide captain then added.
. Warren Tredrea is married to Rachael Cottle and they have three children: a daughter, Halle Neve, born in September 2007, and two sons, Nate Callum born in March 2009 and Leo Mason born in October 2010.
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Australian rules football
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er with the Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club
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in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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(AFL). A forward, 1.94 metres (6 ft) tall and weighing 97 kilograms (214 lb), Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea
Gary Tredrea
Gary Tredrea is a former Australian rules footballer and current assistant coach of Port Adelaide in the SANFL. He is the father of Port Adelaide Power champion, Warren Tredrea.-Collingwood career:...
.
Tredrea was zone selected
1996 AFL Draft
The 1996 AFL Draft was held at the conclusion of the 1996 Australian Football League season.The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.Clubs receive picks based...
for the inaugural Port Adelaide Power side. Debuting in 1997
1997 AFL season
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, after early success kicking two goals in the 1996 SANFL Premiership win, he only played one game in his debut season but went on to be the leading goal kicker in the following four seasons. He went on to become one of the best forwards in the competition, gaining a long list of individual accolades. He is a premiership winning captain
2004 AFL Grand Final
The 2004 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 2004. It was the 108th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
, had won four John Cahill Medal
John Cahill Medal
The John Cahill Medal, named after Port Adelaide Power's inaugural AFL coach John Cahill, is awarded to the Best and Fairest player every season for the Port Adelaide Football Club.-Recipients:-Multiple Recipients:...
s, AFL Coaches Association 'Champion Player of the Year' Award, and had been selected to four All-Australian sides. He also had topped the Port Adelaide top goal kicker list eight times.
Early life
The son of former CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club
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and Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
player Gary Tredrea
Gary Tredrea
Gary Tredrea is a former Australian rules footballer and current assistant coach of Port Adelaide in the SANFL. He is the father of Port Adelaide Power champion, Warren Tredrea.-Collingwood career:...
, Warren Tredrea played the bulk of his junior football as a wingman before a substantial growth spurt at the age of 16 saw him transformed into an exciting key position prospect, highlighted by his capture of both Port's Under-17 Coach's Trophy and the St Michael's College, Adelaide
St Michael's College, Adelaide
St Michael's College is a Lasallian Catholic school in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The college consists of two campuses; a primary campus at Beverley for Years Reception to 7, and a secondary campus at Henley Beach for Years 8 to 12...
'student athlete' award in 1995.
Tredrea made his senior SANFL debut in 1996, managing nine games and capping his rookie year with a premiership medallion, booting two goals in Port Adelaide's 36-point Grand Final victory over Central District.
Early career: 1997–1999
Tredrea was drafted onto the Port Adelaide Football Club's inaugural AFL list at the end of season 1996, making the transition from the SANFL with the club for its first season in the national league in 19971997 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997.The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition.The Brisbane Lions also joined the competition after the merger of the and ....
.
As an 18 year old developing forward Tredrea found his opportunities for senior football limited, with his largely anonymous debut in Round 2 against Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
being his sole outing for the Power in 1997. During this time Tredrea managed 16 games for 16 goals with the Port Magpies back in the local league, ending his year on a sour note with a steady performance in the Magpies' defeat to Norwood
Norwood Football Club
Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...
in the 1997 SANFL Grand Final.
If the knowledge of the extent of his potential was limited beforehand, season 1998 well and truly signalled the arrival of Warren Tredrea to the football world. After showing glimpses of his ability in the first six rounds of the season, Tredrea exploded in Round 7 against Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
at Optus Oval. A simply stunning performance reaped 22 disposals, 17 marks, eight goals (a club record), three Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
votes and an AFL Rising Star nomination. His starring role in the 89 point win came at a cost however, with a dislocated kneecap suffered late in the final quarter keeping him out until Round 13. Upon his return to the side Tredrea struggled for consistency but won his first South Australian guernsey with his selection to the State of Origin side to face Western Australia. More impressive performances against Essendon (Round 15, four goals), Melbourne (Round 20, 11 marks, three goals) and Fremantle (Round 21, six goals) followed. He ended the season as leading goalkicker with 33 goals. Only beating preceding leading goalkicker of 1997, Scott Cummings
Scott Cummings
Scott Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Port Adelaide, the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Australian Football League....
by a goal.
He finished the following season in 1999, on 40 goals as leading goalkicker again. Where, Port Adelaide made the finals for the first time in their AFL history.
Rising career: 2000–2003
After finishing 14th at the end of the 2000 season, he led the goalkicking for the third year in a row, with 32 goals. In 20012001 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2001.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane Lions 17.9 to 3.8 in the Final....
, Tredrea imposed himself on the AFL competition, booting 51 goals and taking 169 marks with his contributions as a major factor in his side's rise from 14th to third on the AFL ladder. Tredrea was rewarded for his season winning his maiden John Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide's best and fairest player and the first of four selections as All-Australian centre half forward. Tredrea backed up his breakthrough 2001 efforts with further outstanding seasons in 2002
2002 AFL season
-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176...
, by kicking 49 goals (just missing out on being the leading goal kicking by three goals behind Stuart Dew
Stuart Dew
Stuart Dew is a former Australian rules footballer and dual premiership-player for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League. Dew was a student at Enfield High School prior to his AFL career....
) with an All-Australian selection and in 2003
2003 AFL season
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, he booted 58 goals, being the leading goal kicker for the club a fifth time and getting another All-Australian.
Career high: 2004–2005
The 2004 season2004 AFL season
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is considered Tredrea's best year as he led Port Adelaide to its first AFL premiership in the absence of the injured captain Matthew Primus
Matthew Primus
Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
. He started the year in fine fashion, kicking six goals along side Stuart Dew
Stuart Dew
Stuart Dew is a former Australian rules footballer and dual premiership-player for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League. Dew was a student at Enfield High School prior to his AFL career....
in the clubs 96 point victory over Essendon. He then kicked five goals against West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
the following week and booted four goals against Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in Round 3. He gained captaincy for the entire year after Primus re-injured his knee in Round 3. He had a season high seven goals in Round 7 in the showdown
Showdown (AFL)
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against Adelaide. He went on to kick six goals against Carlton in Round 15 and against West Coast in Round 17. He then captained the team into the finals and eventually captained them to the premiership win over the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
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. He booted 81 goals (career best) and took 192 marks playing in all 25 of the Power's games for the season as well as reaping a host of awards including his fourth All-Australian centre half forward guernsey, the All-Australian vice-captaincy, his second John Cahill Medal as Port's Best and Fairest player, the AFL Coaches' Association Most Valuable Player award, the Showdown Medal
Showdown Medal
The Showdown Medal is the medal awarded to the player adjudged best on ground in the Showdown AFL match between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. It is thus similar to the Ross Glendinning Medal awarded in Western Derby games....
, a raft of media awards and was the pre-count favourite for the Brownlow Medal, only to poll a disappointing 15 votes behind the eventual winner, Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
, who admitted in his acceptance speech "I thought Warren Tredrea was a shoo-in to be honest".
At the beginning of the 2005 season
2005 AFL season
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, he kicked five goals in a two point win in the grand final rematch against the Brisbane Lions and again kicked five goals in Round 5 in the four point loss against Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
. In Round 7 there was a controversy after a celebration in Port Adelaide's 47-point victory over the Kangaroos
North Melbourne Football Club
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, when after kicking one of his six goals in a best-on-ground performance, he put his hand to his ear in a demonstrative "phonecall" celebration. Tredrea stated that as an Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
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fan, the celebration was an homage to Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
who had "then" recently celebrated in the same fashion. In Round 13, he kicked seven goals against Hawthorn in Port Adelaide's biggest victory, earning him three Brownlow votes. In what was a dismal premiership defence whereby Port barely scraped into the finals series in eighth place before bowing out at the Semi Final stage, Tredrea repeated what he did the previous year, booting 65 goals and taking a personal best 220 marks to win his third John Cahill Medal despite narrowly losing his All-Australian mantle to Fremantle superstar Matthew Pavlich
Matthew Pavlich
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. Indeed, Tredrea played some of his most explosive football ever highlighted by a dominant seven-goal haul on the All-Australian centre half back, Trent Croad, a pair of five-goal hauls on Matthew Scarlett of Geelong and Mal Michael of Brisbane; and a best on ground performance against the Kangaroos in the Elimination Final after kicking four goals.
Leadership: 2006
With the retirement of PrimusMatthew Primus
Matthew Richard Primus is the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and a former Australian rules footballer, captain and All Australian ruckman.-Early career :...
at the end of 2005, Tredrea took over the captaincy role full time for the 2006
2006 AFL season
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season but like his predecessor, was struck down by a serious knee injury, suffering a dislocated left kneecap in a preseason game against the Brisbane Lions. Upon his return to the side in Round 4 kicking only two goals against the Saints, it was clear Tredrea was still being hampered by the knee and with the notable exception of his four goal game against Essendon in Round 9 and the 16 mark and three goal game against Hawthorn in Round 11, his overall performances were mediocre by his usual lofty standards. When it became obvious in Round 15 after only kicking one goal against Geelong and with the Power looking like not making the finals, Tredrea had surgery on his knee early with the intention of having him fully fit before 2007.
Career low: 2007–2008
Despite undergoing knee surgery in August 2006, Tredrea's recovery was a slow one, robbing him of vital preseason training, "I started running (after knee surgery) at Christmas, my team-mates were breaking personal bests in 3km time trials and I wasn't even running," he said. Tredrea finally made his long-awaited return to competitive football with a seven goal performance for the Port Magpies in the SANFL in April, however his inconsistent form since returning to the Power was the source of much conjecture and speculation.Off the field he was also the mentor for NAB Rising Star nominee Justin Westhoff
Justin Westhoff
Justin Westhoff is a footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He also plays for Central District in the SANFL...
.
In Round 12 2007
2007 AFL season
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, Tredrea played his 200th senior appearance for the club against the team he first played against, Essendon and in doing so became the first Port player to reach that milestone in the club's AFL era. Prior to the occasion Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams
Mark M. Williams
Mark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...
declared, "Tredders will go down in history, certainly in his first 200 games anyway, as the best player that's ever played for the club". In an auspicious return to form Tredrea booted four goals in the Power's 31 point victory over Essendon
Essendon Football Club
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at AAMI Stadium. In Round 16, after kicking three goals against Richmond he bruised his bone and ended up missing a month of football before returning in Round 20 against Hawthorn in Tasmania. In the Qualifying Final against West Coast, he helped Port win the game with a excellent check side goal and a Shepherd to give them the three point win. In the 2007 Preliminary Final Tredrea again had a controversy, after performing a bow to the crowd after snapping a goal in the 87-point victory over the Kangaroos. Following North's two-point victory in the sides' subsequent meeting in Round 15, 2008, during which Tredrea missed the opportunity to kick the winning goal from a difficult angle with 30 seconds remaining, North Melbourne captain Adam Simpson suggested the miss and Port's loss was "karma". Former North Melbourne champion Glenn Archer
Glenn Archer
Glenn Archer is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire career with the North Melbourne Football Club.Archer had a reputation as one of the most courageous players ever to play the game...
also referred to the incident as "karma" when discussing the match on television show, Footy Classified
Footy Classified
Footy Classified , is an Australian television program broadcast on the Nine Network which discusses pressing issues relating to AFL football. It debuted on Monday 2 April 2007...
. Tredrea responded to the most recent controversy by explaining that no offence to North Melbourne was intended and that the celebration itself was merely a spontaneous reaction to the goal:
"Yeah, I can understand from the Kangaroos' point of view why you'd be annoyed with it (the bow), but I certainly meant no offence or to rub them up the wrong way, it was an impulse thing. You watch the vision. I was actually looking inside to centre that ball. Looked inside and there was nothing there, then threw it on the boot and, if you watch the way it spun, it never should have gone in, and it got in. It's hard to explain it because I felt there was nothing in it, but I can sort of half see that if someone did that to our team, I'd be annoyed at it, so I can understand where they're coming from. I've done a couple of stupid celebrations over my career, I guess."
In the 2007 Grand Final
2007 AFL Grand Final
The 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. It was the 111th annual Grand Final of the VFL/AFL, staged to determine the...
Tredrea was one of Port's few good players, kicking two goals in Port Adelaide's record Grand Final defeat to Geelong.
In December 2007, after much speculation, Tredrea re-signed with the Power for a further year. After speculation he would not be reappointed due to lingering doubts over his durability and longevity, Tredrea was reappointed as club captain for 2008 after impressive pre-season form.
He captained the team again in 2008
2008 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:...
, kicking two goals in Port's Grand Final rematch against Geelong and again the following week. He booted four goals against Hawthorn in Round 8 (three goals in the first quarter) and again kicked four goals against Fremantle in Round 17, eventually dislocating his shoulder in the final term, ending his year. Despite criticism and queries over his form for the bulk of the year, Tredrea performed admirably in season 2008, kicking 31 goals and registering 28 score assists in 17 games.
Back to career best: 2009
In November 2008, Tredrea relinquished the Port Adelaide captaincy after leading the Power in 96 games.Mark Williams, the man who self-appointed Tredrea as captain, praised his captaincy describing him as a outstanding leader, and was instrumental in us ultimately winning that flag". As is Port Adelaide's tradition, Tredrea relinquished the captain's #1 guernsey and after some speculation received his old #16 back from teammate Danyle Pearce
"As a Port Adelaide boy from day one, it has been a dream and it has been an honour and something I will always cherish. [But] we have got a lot of younger guys who are definitely waiting in the wings for the opportunity to captain the club and I want to be around so I can help them in their early stages."
Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
who shifted to guernsey #6.
Tredrea started the first two games of 2009
2009 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:...
slowly but in Round 3 he kicked six goals against the Demons
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
. The first time he had kicked five or more goals since Round 15, 2005. The next week he kicked his 500th goal and kicked another six goals against the Hawks before kicking seven goals against Richmond in Round 8, including the match winning goal with less than a minute to play and a towering mark at the other end of the ground to secure the game with seconds to play. After the match Mark Williams claimed it was his best game he had ever played earning him three Brownlow votes. He booted three goals in the Geelong loss in Round 13 and kicked four goals against the Brisbane Lions in Round 21, which was his final game for the year. Tredrea booted 51 goals in 21 games of the season, his best return since 2005 and the eighth time he had topped the Port Adelaide goal kicking chart. At season's end Tredrea was awarded his fourth John Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide's best and fairest player.
Retirement: 2010
At the start of 20102010 AFL season
-Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22...
, he became the last inaugural player for the club who played with the Power (Nathan Eagleton
Nathan Eagleton
Nathan Eagleton is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .Eagleton played junior level football for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League . He was recruited as a zone selection by the Port Adelaide Football Club for its inaugural AFL...
was also the only other inaugural Port Adelaide player still competing in the league, although he was playing for the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
until his retirement at the end of the 2010 season).
Tredrea started 2010 well, kicking two goals and picking up 13 disposals against North Melbourne at AAMI Stadium. Tredrea played his 250th game with a win against the West Coast Eagles in Round 2 at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
.
In the week leading up to Tredrea's 250th game, when asked if he wanted to continue playing football further than 2010 he replied stating, "You never want to put a timeline on things, but mentally I prepared as though last year would be the end. I wanted to make every post a winner and do everything I could to give myself the best opportunity (to perform) and it went on a year longer than I thought it would. If the body's fresh, my form is good and I'm enjoying it then there's no reason why I won't continue."
However, in Round 7, 2010, Tredrea collided with teammate Matt Thomas and damaged his ankle ligaments. On 26 July 2010, as a result of the injury, Tredrea retired, having played 255 games with a return of 549 goals. He is considered by many to be the greatest Port Adelaide player of its AFL era. He was farewelled with a lap of honour in Port Adelaide's Round 18 win over Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
and a testimonial dinner on 5 November 2010.
Media career
Tredrea has previously done work for ESPNESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, Fox Footy Channel, 5AA 1395 Radio, Channel Nine
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
and Nova FM's 'Team Fitzy' program with Andrew McLeod
Andrew McLeod
Andrew Luke McLeod is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club. He is the games record holder for Adelaide, having played 340 games....
and Ryan Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzgerald
Ryan James "Fitzy" Fitzgerald is a former Australian rules footballer, Big Brother participant, and radio and television personality. After being drafted from the South Adelaide Football Club, he made his Australian Football League debut for Sydney in 2000, before being traded to Adelaide, where...
. Post-retirement Tredrea plans to broaden his horizons in this field, rather than pursue a coaching role.
On November 1, 2010, he joined Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
104.7FM's "Hot Breakfast". Alongside Ali Carle and Dale Lewis. Also doing "Hot Breakfast", he does the "Expert Special Comments Role" as part of Triple M's AFL Broadcast. Tredrea re-signed with the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
Adelaide late in 2010, in the "Sports Expert Role", he appears regularly on Nine News (Adelaide). He also writes a weekly sports column for the Advertiser Newspaper.
Personal life
Tredrea donated the proceeds of the 2004 3AW3AW
3AW is a talkback radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.-History:...
Player of the Year award to the Women's and Children's Hospital
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Women's and Children's Hospital is located on King William Road in North Adelaide, Australia.It is one of the major hospitals in Adelaide and is a teaching hospital of the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and Flinders University....
. The $10,000 worth of Magnavox
Magnavox
Magnavox is a US electronics company founded by Edwin Pridham and Peter L. Jensen, who invented the moving-coil loudspeaker in 1915 at their lab in Napa, California. They formed Magnavox in 1917 in order to market their inventions....
fridges, televisions, sound systems and microwaves were distributed to children's therapy rooms and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
"One of my good friends' mums works at the Children's, and I'd heard a lot of kids that are getting chemotherapy haven't even got a TV to watch," Tredrea said. "Those guys are doing it a lot tougher than I am, and it would be nice if those kids could have a little bit of happiness," the former Port Adelaide captain then added.
Family
He is the son of former Port Adelaide and Collingwood player Gary TredreaGary Tredrea
Gary Tredrea is a former Australian rules footballer and current assistant coach of Port Adelaide in the SANFL. He is the father of Port Adelaide Power champion, Warren Tredrea.-Collingwood career:...
. Warren Tredrea is married to Rachael Cottle and they have three children: a daughter, Halle Neve, born in September 2007, and two sons, Nate Callum born in March 2009 and Leo Mason born in October 2010.
Statistics
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Goals | Behinds | Marks Mark (Australian football) A mark is a skill in Australian rules football where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it or the ball hitting the ground.... |
Disposals | Kicks Kick (football) Kicking is a method used by many types of football, including:* Association football* Australian rules football* International rules football* American football* Canadian football* Gaelic football* Rugby league* Rugby union... |
Handballs Handball (Australian rules football) Handball is a term in the sport of Australian rules football which describes a method of disposing of possession of the football by hand. It is the most frequently used alternative to kicking the ball... |
Tackles Tackle (football move) Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary purposes of tackling is to disposses an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from gaining ground towards goal or to stop them from carrying out what they intend.... |
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| 1997 1997 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997.The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition.The Brisbane Lions also joined the competition after the merger of the and .... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1998 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 17 | 33 | 18 | 67 | 175 | 118 | 57 | 17 |
| 1999 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 20 | 40 | 30 | 133 | 295 | 190 | 105 | 17 |
| 2000 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 21 | 32 | 35 | 120 | 282 | 186 | 96 | 35 |
| 2001 2001 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2001.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane Lions 17.9 to 3.8 in the Final.... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 23 | 51 | 36 | 169 | 375 | 277 | 98 | 33 |
| 2002 2002 AFL season -Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 25 | 49 | 41 | 195 | 400 | 298 | 102 | 37 |
| 2003 2003 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2003.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 23 | 58 | 36 | 198 | 386 | 256 | 130 | 30 |
| 2004 2004 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2004.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Wizard Home Loans Cup:The Wizard Home Loans Cup Final saw St... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 25 | 81 | 44 | 192 | 391 | 286 | 105 | 30 |
| 2005 2005 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 24 | 65 | 45 | 220 | 395 | 307 | 88 | 33 |
| 2006 2006 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.-National Cup: 3.10.5 defeated 1.10.15 in the 2006 NAB Cup Final... |
Port Adelaide | 1 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 75 | 138 | 99 | 39 | 20 |
| 2007 2007 AFL season The 2007 AFL Season was the 111th season of the Australian Football League, the highest-level professional Australian rules football league in Australia... |
Port Adelaide | 1 | 20 | 31 | 21 | 104 | 212 | 151 | 61 | 34 |
| 2008 2008 AFL season -Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:... |
Port Adelaide | 1 | 17 | 31 | 19 | 105 | 226 | 155 | 71 | 25 |
| 2009 2009 AFL season -Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 21 | 51 | 27 | 143 | 279 | 188 | 91 | 33 |
| 2010 2010 AFL season -Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22... |
Port Adelaide | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 79 | 51 | 28 | 8 |
| Career totals | 255 | 549 | 362 | 1751 | 3637 | 2564 | 1073 | 353 | ||
Honours and achievements
| Brownlow Medal Brownlow Medal The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game... votes |
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| Season | Votes |
|---|---|
| 1997 | — |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 7 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 2006 Brownlow Medal The 2006 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Adam Goodes from the Sydney Swans for being the best and fairest player during the 2006 Australian Football League home and away season. It is the most prestigious individual award in Australian rules football and was held at the Crown Palladium in... |
1 |
| 2007 2007 Brownlow Medal Round 2 Round 3 Round 4Round 5-Rounds 6–10:Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9 Round 10-Rounds 11–15:Round 11Round 12 Round 13Round 14 Round 15-Rounds 16–20:... |
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| 2008 2008 Brownlow Medal The 2008 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Adam Cooney of the Western Bulldogs, who was adjudged to have been the best and fairest player during the 2008 Australian Football League home and away season. It is the most prestigious individual award in Australian rules football and was held at the Crown... |
1 |
| 2009 2009 Brownlow Medal -Voting Procedure:The three field umpires confer after each match and award 3 votes, 2 votes and 1 vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best in the match respectively.-Ineligible players:As the award is for the Best and Fairest player in the league, players found guilty... |
7 |
| 2010 2010 Brownlow Medal The Brownlow Medal is the most prestigious individual award in Australian rules football and was awarded in 2010 to Chris Judd from the Carlton Football Club for being voted as the fairest and best during the 2010 Australian Football League home and away season. The vote counting ceremony was held... |
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| Total | 80 |
Team:
- AFL Premiership (Port Adelaide): 2004
- AFL McClelland Trophy (Port Adelaide): 2002, 2003, 2004
- AFL Wizard Cup (Port Adelaide): 2002
- SANFL Premiership (Port Adelaide): 1996
Individual:
- All-Australian: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (vice-captain)
- AFL Norwich Rising Star Nomination: 1998
- AFL Coaches Association 'Champion Player of the Year' Award: 2004
- AFL Players Association 'Champion Player of the Year' Award: 2003 (3rd place), 2004 (3rd place)
- John Cahill Medal: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009
- John Cahill Medal 'Runner-Up': 1999, 2002, 2003
- Port Adelaide F.C. Captain: 2004, 2006–2008
- Port Adelaide F.C. Life Membership: 2005 induction
- Port Adelaide F.C. Leading Club Goalkicker award: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
- Port Adelaide F.C. most career AFL games - 255
- Port Adelaide F.C. most career AFL goals - 549
- Port Adelaide F.C. most goals in an AFL game - 8, vs , Round 7, 1998 AFL season, Princes ParkPrinces ParkPrinces Park may refer to:* Princes Park, Carlton, a park in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia** Princes Park , now officially known as Visy Park a suburban Australian rules football and cricket ground located within the park* Princes Park, Liverpool, a park, and a local government ward, in...
- Port Adelaide F.C. Most Improved Player award: 1998, 1999
- Herald Sun Player of the Year Award: 2004
- 3AW Player of the Year Award: 2004
- The Advertiser Player of the Year: Award 2004
- Triple M Player of the Year Award: 2004
- The Age Player of the Year Award: 2004
- West End Showdown MedalShowdown MedalThe Showdown Medal is the medal awarded to the player adjudged best on ground in the Showdown AFL match between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. It is thus similar to the Ross Glendinning Medal awarded in Western Derby games....
XVI: 2004
Milestones:
- AFL debut: Round 2, 1997 (vs. ) at Football Park (Port Adelaide lost by 33 points)
- Finals debut: Qualifying final, 1999 (vs. ) at the MCGMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
(Port Adelaide lost by 44 points) - 50th game: Round 13, 2000 (vs. ) at Football Park (Port Adelaide won by 14 points)
- 100th game: Round 18, 2002 (vs. ) at the Football Park (Port Adelaide won by 42 points)
- 150th game: Round 20, 2004 (vs. ) at Marrara OvalMarrara OvalMarrara Stadium is a sports ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football and Cricket are primarily played at the venue...
(Port Adelaide won by 86 points) - 200th game: Round 12, 2007 (vs. ) at the AAMI stadium (Port Adelaide won by 31 points)
- 250th game: Round 2, 2010 (vs. ) at the Subiaco OvalSubiaco OvalSubiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
(Port Adelaide won by 3 points) - Final game: Round 7, 2010 (vs. ) at Etihad Stadium (Port Adelaide won by 3 points)