Bryan Beinke (born 5 August 1975) is a former

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er in the

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Football career

Port Adelaide

Playing primarily as a forward, Beinke initially played with

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(SANFL) club

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before being drafted by

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with the 108th pick at the

1992 AFL Draft The 1992 AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League. It consisted of the main national draft, the pre-season draft an ...

. Beinke spent part of the

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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" but was not selected in Port Adelaide's initial AFL squad in

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. He then spent the 1997 season in North Melbourne's reserves, playing 19 games in total. Beinke continued to play with the

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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

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. Beinke played one more season with Port Adelaide in 2003.

Adelaide

Beinke was drafted by the

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at the 1998 AFL Draft at pick 34. Beinke made his AFL debut for Adelaide in Round 2

, against

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, eventually playing 38 AFL matches and kicking 42 goals before his delisting by Adelaide at the end of the

2002 AFL season The 2002 AFL season was the 106th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixt ...

Coaching

Beinke signed with

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club South Warrnambool as its playing coach in 2004. In October 2011 it was announced that Beinke was returning to

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to coach the Port Adelaide SANFL reserves.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beinke, Bryan Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Port Adelaide Magpies players Australian rules footballers from South Australia South Warrnambool Football Club players South Warrnambool Football Club coaches 1975 births Living people