While the duo were known mostly for their exploits on the national stage for Port Adelaide and the Crows respectively, their football stories start in common territory.
Alberton.
It was there that both would go through the crucial phase of their pre-draft development, with each playing League football one year before being drafted.
And the pair both share another thing in common - winning SANFL premierships with Port Adelaide.
McLeod's name as a footballer was undeniably established when he became an AFL premiership player with the Crows, including winning the Norm Smith Medal in both their flags.
But he drew notice in another grand final - this one in 1994 - when he booted two goals in Port Adelaide's thrilling come-from-behind win over raging favourites Woodville-West Torrens.
The young McLeod started on the bench that day, but came on and had a significant influence.
Fremantle drafted him the following year and then on-traded him to the Crows - it's from there he would make his name on the national stage.
It's a similar story for Tredrea, who played for Port Adelaide through its junior talent squads and won the 1995 Coach's Trophy in the Under-17s would go on to win his own premiership medal - in 1996 against Central District.
Just as McLeod would play as part of the team credited with sealing Port Adelaide's entry into the AFL (then League CEO Ross Oakley was at Footy Park that day), Tredrea would play in the club's final SANFL premiership before its elevation to the big stage the following year.
He would be recruited as a zone selection for the club in the draft and go on to win four best and fairest awards, captain the club's first AFL premiership, lead the goal kicking eight times and win four All-Australian selections.
Their paths are again similar to those of fellow superstars of the 1990s and 2000s - Gavin Wanganeen and Nathan Buckley.
Wanganeen played in Port Adelaide's 1990 premiership win over Glenelg, while Buckley was the club's best and fairest, Magarey Medallist and premiership player in the 1992 win over Glenelg.
Tredrea and McLeod became the 11th and 12th Port Adelaide people to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday night.
