FEW would argue Kane Cornes will, one day, be inducted into the Port Adelaide Hall of Fame.
His record is considerable, his contribution to the club, and the game, huge.
With the intermittent induction of players to the Port Adelaide Hall of Fame,
And while there's dozens of players from the club's pre-AFL era worthy of induction - and likely to be so - we take a look at some of the club's AFL champs who could get a look-in at future years...
Kane Cornes
His record speaks for itself. A four-time best and fairest, premiership player and more besides, Kane will undoubtedly find his way into the Port Adelaide Hall of Fame at some point in the future. Becoming the club’s first 300-AFL game player won't hurt his credentials.
PAFC record of achievement
Debut: Round 10, 2001 v Hawthorn, MCG
Brownlow Votes: 62
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 61
Games: 300, Goals: 92*
AFL Premiership Player (2004)
AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2001,2002)
All-Australian (2005,2007)
Hall of Fame Tribute Match (2008)
John Cahill Medal (2007,2008,2010, 2012)
Most Improved Player (2004)
Leading Disposals (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
VFL/AFL games record holder in number 18
3rd pair of brothers (with Chad) to play 550 VFL/AFL games
Peter Burgoyne
Like Wilson, Wakelin and Tredrea, Burgoyne played in SANFL and AFL flags and 250 games for the club from 1996 to his retirement in 2009. Part of some of the club’s most iconic moments, Peter is a member of both the Australian and South Australian indigenous teams of the century.
PAFC record of achievement
AFL Debut: Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
Brownlow Votes: 54
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 16
AFL Games: 240, Goals: 193
SANFL Games: 36, Goals: 29
PAFC senior games: 250 [SANFL to 1996, AFL from 1997]
AFL Premiership Player (2004)
SANFL Premiership Player (1998)
SANFL Indigenous Team of the Century
AFL Indigenous Team of the Century
State of Origin – South Australia (1999)
Hall of Fame Tribute Match (2008)
Dom Cassisi
The club's fourth AFL captain and a premiership player, Dom Cassisi is a contender for an eventual induction. He's a premiership player and an incredible four-time Fos Williams Medallist - highlighting the influence and impact he had inside the club during his career.
PAFC record of achievement
Debut: Round 14, 2002 v Fremantle, Subiaco
Brownlow Votes: 18
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 64
Games: 228, Goals: 74
AFL Premiership Player (2004)
AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2002)
Port Adelaide captain (2009-2012)
Fos Williams Medal [best team man] (2008,2009,2010, 2011)
Most Improved Player (2005)
Chad Cornes
The Stud could almost get into the Hall of Fame on emotional value alone. Beloved by supporters for his antagonistic approach on the field, Power fans loved the way he curdled angst in the hearts and minds of his opponents, but also opposition supporters. But his record is also considerable, having played in the 2004 premiership and racking up 239 games for the club, this dual All-Australian would certainly be in the mix.
PAFC record of achievement
Debut: Round 6, 1999 v Adelaide Crows, Football Park
Brownlow Votes: 48
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 49
Games: 239, Goals: 175
AFL Premiership Player (2004)
AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2001,2002)
All-Australian (2004, 2007)
Port Adelaide vice-captain (2006-2008)
Most Improved Player (2002)
Best Finals Player (2005)
Showdown Medallist (2006)
Peter Badcoe VC Medallist (2007)
3rd pair of brothers (with Kane) to play 550 VFL/AFL games
South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2014)
Brendon Lade
Ladey stacks up as one of modern AFL’s great rucks, but also a champion of Port Adelaide. One of the longest serving original Power players, Lade is also the club’s oldest player, retiring at the age of 33.
PAFC record of achievement
AFL Debut: Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
Brownlow Votes: 53
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 13
AFL Games: 128, Goals: 182
AFL Premiership Player (2004)
John Cahill Medal (2006)
All-Australian (2006, 2007)
Fos Williams Medal [best team man] (2006)
Best Finals Player (2003)
State of Origin – South Australia (1997, 1998)
Darren Mead
Meady might not be known to today’s younger Port fans, but during the 1990s he was a big-time player for the club in two competitions. He effectively played 238 games for the club, if you count all of his representations in the SANFL until the end of 1996 and AFL from 1997 onwards. As well as being an SANFL premiership player, he was also the club’s inaugural John Cahill Medallist.
PAFC record of achievement
AFL Debut: Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
Brownlow Votes: 9
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 19
AFL Games: 122, Goals: 8
SANFL Games: 127, Goals: 20
PAFC senior games: 238 [SANFL to 1996, AFL from 1997]
SANFL Premiership Player (1994, 1995, 1996)
AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2001, 2002)
John Cahill Medallist (1997)
State of Origin – South Australia (1997, 1999)
State game - South Australia (1995, 1996)
Port Adelaide coaches’ trophy (1995)
Matthew Primus
The question of Port Adelaide’s best captain is often debated among Power diehards, and Primus remains a perennial contender. His leadership on the field was crucial in the club’s dominance between 2002 and 2004, and later became the first Power player to coach the club at senior level.
PAFC record of achievement
Club Debut: Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
Brownlow Votes: 48
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 39
Games: 137, Goals: 76
AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player, Captain (2001,2002)
All-Australian (2001, 2002)
Port Adelaide captain (2001-2005)
John Cahill Medal (2002), 2nd place (1997)
Fos Williams Medallist [Best Team Man] (2000,2001)
Port Adelaide senior coach – 47 AFL games (2010-2012)
South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2014)
Warren Tredrea
A no-brainer. Tredders held the club’s all-time AFL games record until Kane Cornes overtook it in 2013, still is the club’s overall leading goal kicker in the national comp, an inaugural premiership player and captain, captain in his own right from 2006-2008, an SANFL premiership player. Actually, just read this:
PAFC record of achievement
AFL Debut: Round 2, 1997 v Essendon, Football Park
Brownlow Votes: 80
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 23
AFL Games: 255, Goals: 549
SANFL Games: 26, Goals: 33
AFL Premiership Player, Captain (2004)
SANFL Premiership Player (1996)
AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2002)
All-Australian (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Port Adelaide captain (2006-2008)
John Cahill Medallist (2001, 2004, 2005, 2009)
Port Adelaide leading goalkicker (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009)
State of Origin – South Australia (1998, 1999)
Australian Football Hall of Fame (2014)
South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2012)
Darryl Wakelin
Wakes is one of four players to win both AFL and SANFL premierships with the club. He was a hero of the remarkable 1994 SANFL flag when the club came from behind to defeat Woodville-West Torrens, and later became part of grand final folklore as part of the last, truly brutal grand final biff with Brisbane’s Alistair Lynch. Those feats aside, Wakelin has been one of the club’s best full backs and a long-time player of the club.
PAFC record of achievement
AFL Debut: Round 1, 2001 v Brisbane Lions, Football Park
Brownlow Votes: 3
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 58
AFL Games: 146, Goals: 4
SANFL Games: 28, Goals: 1
AFL Premiership Player (2004)
SANFL Premiership Player (1994)
Jack Oatey Medallist (1994)
AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2001, 2002)
Fos Williams Medallist [Best team man] (2005)
Best First Year Player (1994)
Michael Wilson
Wilbur has a great record at Port Adelaide. Now a physio in the club’s high performance team, Wilson is an AFL and SANFL premiership player, the winner of the AFL Rising Star award in his first year and, like Chad Cornes, a guy beloved by the club faithful. His unrelenting attack on the footy and tough, uncompromising attitude on field was that of a player cut from the traditional Port cloth.
PAFC record of achievement
AFL Debut: Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
Brownlow Votes: 25
Port Adelaide AFL cap number: 11
AFL Games: 192, Goals: 51
SANFL Games: 46, Goals: 13
AFL Premiership Player (2004)
SANFL Premiership Player (1996)
AFL Rising Star (1997)
State of Origin - 1999
Best First Year Player (1994)
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