Brayden Lyle (born 6 March 1973) is a former

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er who played for the

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and the

Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where it is nicknamed the ...

in the

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(AFL).

AFL career

West Coast career (1995–1996)

Lyle played for the West Coast Eagles in the 1995 and 1996 seasons, taking part in the club's finals campaign in the former year but then continued to struggle to break into the West Coast midfield, which was one of the AFL's strongest at the time. When not playing for West Coast, Lyle appeared for

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(WAFL) club

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Port Adelaide career (1997–2001)

Lyle returned to Port Adelaide in

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for their inaugural AFL season. He was named vice-captain alongside teammate

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and captained Port in their first game (due to

Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen (born 18 June 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer and, after retirement, artist. He played for the Essendon Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and also for the ...

being suspended). Lyle averaged a career high 22 disposals the 1997, a remarkable turnaround after only playing 25 games in three years at West Coast. He was mostly used in the midfield as a centreman. Lyle won Port's Best Team Man award in his first two seasons (1997 and 1998). In 1997 he also represented

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in a State of Origin game against

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and won the

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. With Port's developing midfield depth in 2001, younger players overtook Lyle, and he was delisted at the end of the year. Despite playing only eight games for the season, he featured in Port's losing semi final against Hawthorn at

, in what was his final match.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyle, Brayden 1973 births Living people Australian rules footballers from South Australia West Coast Eagles players Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Port Adelaide Magpies players South Australian State of Origin players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players East Perth Football Club players