Dean Scott Brogan (born 14 December 1978) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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and

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in the

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(AFL). He is currently serving as the Giants' ruck and stoppages coach. Brogan is the younger brother of former

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basketball player

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NBL career

Adelaide 36ers

Dean Brogan attended the

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(AIS) from 1996 to 1997, before returning to Adelaide with the

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in the National Basketball League (NBL) under the rookie coaching of Australian and Adelaide basketball legend

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. He made his NBL debut on 31 January 1998 with what would be a career high 7 points in the 36ers 125–86 home win over the

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at the

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. At 6'7" (201 cm) tall, Brogan was a

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when he played basketball. By Brogan's own admission, he was a "bit of a punk back then" and he thought that coming out of the AIS he would walk into the 36ers starting line up. However, Adelaide had both

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championship player Martin Cattalini as well as club legend

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in front of him for the Power forward position. That and, again by his own admission, that he was a poor shooter of the ball, meant he was used as a bench / development player by Phil Smyth in his rookie NBL season. Brogan was part of the 36ers team that won the 1998 NBL championship over the

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with a 2–0 clean sweep of the Grand Final series. Brogan didn't get on the court in Adelaide's 100–93 home win at the Powerhouse, and was only subbed on late in Game 2 at the National Tennis Centre with the 36ers holding an unbeatable lead. Within moments of coming on, Brogan was fouled and described his two free throws as "almost air balled" (teammate Rupert Sapwell later jokingly asked ''"what differentiates that from any other game?"''). However, after missing his second shot, he then hustled back on defence and took a charge from the Magic's

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causing a turnover and giving the ball straight back to the 36ers. Adelaide won the game over the Magic (who were the minor premiers with an imposing 28–6 record) 90-62 for their second NBL title.

Newcastle Falcons

With Cattalini and Davis still with the 36ers for the

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, plus the addition of

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to the squad, Brogan felt his chances of breaking into the Adelaide starting line up were limited and he moved to play for the struggling

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after the 36ers 1998 championship win. Ironically by leaving Adelaide he missed out on the 36ers back-to-back championships as his former team also won the 1998–99 NBL championship.. Following his season with the Falcons, at the age of 20, Brogan decided to give up basketball to focus on Australian rules football. His former 36ers teammates jokingly claimed that Brogan made the correct decision to concentrate on football with Martin Cattalini saying on the 1990s club DVD entitled "Title Town" that ''"He made the absolute right decision to play football. As a basketball player he made a very good footballer but as a footballer he made a shit basketball player."''. Dean Brogan played 43 NBL games, 17 with Adelaide and 26 with Newcastle.

AFL career

Port Adelaide (2000–2011)

Following his season with the Newcastle Falcons, Brogan was introduced to

head coach Mark Williams by his former 36ers coach Phil Smyth who happened to live on the same street as Williams in Adelaide. From there, Brogan trained with Port Adelaide and impressed Williams enough to be rookie drafted by the club in

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. He spent the 2000 season playing for

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, attempting to transition his skills from basketball to football and a year later made his AFL debut in

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. Under coach Mark Williams the Power became just that in the AFL and qualified for their first ever AFL Grand Final in 2004 where they defeated three-time defending champions the

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to win the 2004 Premiership in front of 77,671 at the

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. As the team's starting ruckman Brogan became the first sportsman to win national titles in both the NBL and AFL. With the recurrent injuries and subsequent retirement of

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between 2003 and 2005, Brogan's fine work in tandem with fellow Power and 2006 and 2007 All-Australian ruckman

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continued to form an integral part of Port's hopes in the 2009 season before Lade's retirement at season's end. Brogan went on to win the

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in Round 6, 2009 for his best on ground effort against the

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in Showdown XXVI. He was named as vice-captain of the club in the lead up to the 2010 season.

Greater Western Sydney (2012)

In June 2011, at the age of 32, Brogan announced his retirement from AFL football at the conclusion of the 2011 season. However, he later decided against retirement and was traded to the new expansion

Off field controversies

In 2006, Brogan was involved in an incident at Adelaide airport in which he punched Adelaide Crows fan Dale Mortimer after being insulted, breaking Mortimer's nose. He pleaded guilty and was fined $750. In July 2007, Brogan pleaded guilty to assaulting an Adelaide surgeon in October 2005, and was fined $1000.

Career statistics

National Basketball League

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Australian Football League

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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, , 20 , , 23 , , 14 , , 3 , , 120 , , 153 , , 273 , , 111 , , 44 , , 328 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 5.2 , , 6.7 , , 11.9 , , 4.8 , , 1.9 , , 14.3 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, , 20 , , 15 , , 2 , , 5 , , 70 , , 93 , , 163 , , 63 , , 32 , , 162 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 4.7 , , 6.2 , , 10.9 , , 4.2 , , 2.1 , , 10.8 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, , 20 , , 12 , , 2 , , 1 , , 84 , , 83 , , 167 , , 27 , , 38 , , 249 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 7.0 , , 6.9 , , 13.9 , , 2.3 , , 3.2 , , 20.8 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brogan, Dean 1978 births Living people Adelaide 36ers players Australian Institute of Sport basketball players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Basketball players from Adelaide Christies Beach Football Club players Greater Western Sydney Giants players Newcastle Falcons (basketball) players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club Premiership players Power forwards (basketball) South Adelaide Football Club players