Elijah Ware (born 14 April 1983) is a retired Australian Rules Football player, who played for

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

in the AFL, and played for the

Central District Bulldogs Central District Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Based at Elizabeth in the City of Playford about 25 km to the north of Adelaide, South Australia the club's ...

in the

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. Ware debuted for Central District in 2003, and became part of their premiership team in 2004. He was recruited from Pirie Lions in the

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. Ware was recruited onto the Port Adelaide list for the 2005 season, being taken at pick number 7 in the Pre Season Draft. Ware continued to play for Centrals in the SANFL while not playing for Port Adelaide. In round 4 of the 2005 SANFL season, he suffered an ACL (knee) injury, requiring a

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, facing approximately 12 months on the sidelines, meaning he would not play again for the season. Elijah made his debut for Port Adelaide against West Coast in 2006, in a match that Port Adelaide won by 37 points. He scored one goal in the match and got 5 disposals. He played in the next round against Melbourne, registering 9 disposals, 5 marks and 2 tackles and scoring a behind in what was to be his final AFL match. He was delisted at the end of the

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, part of a clean out of the club that saw about 7 players leave the club. He continued to play for Central District in the SANFL, and played in their premiership winning 2007 team. Prior to the 2009 SANFL season it was announced that Elijah would be retiring from football in order to spend more time with his family. He wore Guernsey number 14 for Port Adelaide, and wore Guernsey number 50 for Centrals.

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Port Adelaide Past Player Profile
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