Michael John Redden (born 17 May 1957) is a former

Australian rules footballer Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

who played for the

North Adelaide Football Club North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Roosters, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The club plays its home games at Prospect Ova ...

in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as th ...

(SANFL). He is the holder of the club games record for North Adelaide with 334 premiership games, and also played 44 pre-season/night series matches, kicking 11 goals. Recruited from the Orroroo Football Club in the

Northern Areas Football Association The Northern Areas Football Association is an Australian rules football competition based in the Mid North region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League The South Austral ...

, Redden made his SANFL debut in 1978. He played in North Adelaide's premiership teams of 1987 and 1991, and won the club's

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

award in 1983, being awarded life membership at North Adelaide in 1987. In 1993, he was appointed captain of North Adelaide, and captained the club until his retirement at the end of the season. Redden also played 11 matches in State of Origin football for South Australia, and was State Captain in 1991, being inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame in 2002. Redden lived on a farming property in

Pekina Pekina is a town and locality in the Mid North region of South Australia. The town is located in the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton local government area, north of the state capital, Adelaide. At the , Pekina and the surrounding area h ...

, near

Orroroo Orroroo may refer to: * Orroroo, South Australia, a town and locality * Orroroo Enterprise, a former newspaper in South Australia *District Council of Orroroo, a former local government area in South Australia See also *District Council of Orroroo ...

, 270 kilometres north of Adelaide, during his playing career. It is estimated that he travelled approximately 260,000 kilometres to and from matches during his career. The value of Mick Redden's contribution to North Adelaide was officially recognised with his inclusion on the interchange bench in the club's Team of the Century. and Hall of Fame.NAFC Hall of Fame
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* 1957 births Living people North Adelaide Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees {{AFL-bio-1950s-stub