Bryan Beinke Explained

Bryan Beinke
Birth Date:5 August 1975
Debutdate:Round 2, 3 April 1999
Debutteam:Adelaide
Debutopponent:Hawthorn
Debutstadium:Waverley Park
Height:185 cm
Weight:87 kgs
Statsend:2005
Years1:1993–2003
Club1:Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Games Goals1:107 (169)
Years2:1999–2002
Club2:Adelaide (AFL)
Games Goals2:38 (42)
Games Goalstotal:145 (211)
Careerhighlights:
  • 3x SANFL premiership player (1996, 1998, 1999)

Bryan Beinke (born 5 August 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Football career

Port Adelaide

Playing primarily as a forward, Beinke initially played with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Port Adelaide before being drafted by Geelong Football Club with the 108th pick at the 1992 AFL Draft. Beinke spent part of the 1993 AFL season with Geelong but did not play a senior game.

Beinke returned to Port Adelaide and played in their 1996 premiership side, winning the club's "Most Improved Player Award"[1] but was not selected in Port Adelaide's initial AFL squad in 1997. He then spent the 1997 season in North Melbourne's reserves, playing 19 games in total.[2] Beinke continued to play with the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL, and following a successful 1998 season, where he won Port's Best and Fairest and the club Goal Kicking Award and played in Port Adelaide's Grand Final win,

During Beinke's time with the Adelaide Crows he continued to play with Port Adelaide in the SANFL when not required, winning his third premiership with Port Adelaide in 1999. Beinke played one more season with Port Adelaide in 2003.

Adelaide

Beinke was drafted by the Adelaide Crows at the 1998 AFL Draft at pick 34. Beinke made his AFL debut for Adelaide in Round 2 1999, against Hawthorn Football Club at Waverley Park, eventually playing 38 AFL matches and kicking 42 goals before his delisting by Adelaide at the end of the 2002 AFL season.

Coaching

Beinke signed with Hampden Football League club South Warrnambool as its playing coach in 2004.[3]

In October 2011 it was announced that Beinke was returning to Alberton Oval to coach the Port Adelaide SANFL reserves.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beinke to return to Alberton. PortMagpies.com.au. Port Adelaide Football Club. 10 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719072320/http://www.portmagpies.com.au/news.php?news_id=775. 19 July 2013. dmy-all.
  2. Book: Lovett, Michael. AFL '99.
  3. Web site: December 2003 News. AFANA Footy News. The Australian Football Association of North America. https://web.archive.org/web/20090105071021/http://www.afana.com/netpaper/jan1-99096.html. 5 January 2009. dead. 10 July 2012. dmy-all.