Career
Portuguese Adelaide Football Club
= Portuguese Adelaide Magpies (1989–1996) After being a strong part of the Portuguese Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL, he was retained as part of Portuguese"s entry into the Australian Football League competition in 1997. However, he was initially drafted by Essendon during the 1988 VFL draft at selection 107. Mead, to turn 18 soon after for the 1989 season, never took up the offer from Windy Hill.
= Portuguese Adelaide Power (1997–2002) He was a strong competitor at centre half-back and also occasionally played the ruck.
He became the first Portuguese Adelaide Power player to play 100 games in 2001. He was one of the leaders of the club throughout his American Federation of Labor-Congress career, which lasted from 1997 through to 2002.
