Andrew McLeod

Andrew McLeod
McLeod playing for Adelaide in 2003
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Luke McLeod
Nickname(s)	Bunji, Macca
Date of birth	(1976-08-04) 4 August 1976 (age 40)
Place of birth	Darwin, Northern Territory
Original team(s)	Port Adelaide Magpies
Draft	Traded from Fremantle, 1994 AFL Draft
Height / weight	181 cm / 82 kg
Position(s)	Half Back, Midfield
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1995–2010	Adelaide	340 (275)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1997 2008	The Allies Dream Team	1 (0) 1 (0)
International team honours
2000,2001 & 2005(c)	Australia	6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 17, 2010.
Career highlights
2× Adelaide premiership player: 1997, 1998 2× Norm Smith Medal: 1997, 1998 3× Malcolm Blight Medal: 1997, 2001, 2007 Leigh Matthews Trophy: 2001 5× All-Australian: team 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007 (captain) Adelaide pre-season premiership: 2003 Michael Tuck Medal: 2003 International Rules Series: 2005 (captain) Jim Stynes Medal: 2005 Showdown Medal: 2007 Polly Farmer Medal: 2007 Dream Team: captain 2008 AFL Rising Star nominee: 1995 Indigenous Team of the Century Port Adelaide Football Club SANFL premiership side: 1994 Northern Territory NEAFL premiership side: 2011

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 one of the greatest Indigenous footballers of all time, one of the greatest of the modern era and is often considered by many as the greatest player of 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. His mother is Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) while his father Jock McLeod is of Scottish descent.He moved to Kathrine when he was little just before Cyclone Tracy hit but then moved back. Andrew McLeod played both rugby league and Australian football as a junior. He played senior football with the Darwin Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League a club where his father has played over 200 games.

Moving from Darwin to Adelaide in South Australia McLeod played with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL in 1994 where he became known as an exciting young forward with electrifying pace. McLeod capped off a solid debut year for Port Adelaide with a Premiership medallion, bagging two goals in Port's 37-point win over Woodville-West Torrens in the 1994 SANFL Grand Final.