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Andrew McLeod Profile |
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Birth Date: August 4, 1976
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Birth Place: Northern Territory, Australia
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Birth Name: Andrew McLeod
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Andrew McLeod (born August 4, 1976) is an Australian rules
football player in the Australian Football League and part
of the Adelaide Crows Football Club. One of the game's elite
players, his blistering pace and smooth skills have made him
one of the most damaging players in the league.
Moving from Darwin in the Northern Territory to Adelaide in
South Australia, McLeod started his career at the SANFL in
1994, playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club where he
became known as an exciting young forward with electrifying
pace. McLeod capped off a solid debut year for the Magpies
with a Premiership medallion, bagging two goals in Port's
37-point win over Woodville-West Torrens in the 1994 SANFL
Grand Final.
In 1995, McLeod was recruited by the newly established
Fremantle Football Club as part of their inaugural squad.
However, Fremantle would later agree to exchange McLeod to
the Adelaide Crows for promising forward Chris Groom in what
many now consider to be one of the most lopsided trades in
Australian rules football history.
In an interview with Australian men's magazine Alpha in
September 2005, McLeod would later reveal that he refused to
play for Fremantle after feeling insulted and belittled by
Fremantle coach Gerard Neesham who had not actually seen him
play before.
Despite separating for a short while in 2004, Andrew is
still currently married to Rachael. She is commonly believed
to be responsible for adding fuel to the fire in the feud
between the McLeod's and Tyson Edwards and his wife, Mandy.
McLeod was also involved in a feud with long-time best
friend and No. 1 Crows ticketholder Lleyton Hewitt, who is
understood to be good friends with the Edwardses. McLeod
refused footage of a sacred Aboriginal site to be used on a
DVD of Hewitt's. |
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