Career
Hadley was recruited from the East Fremantle Football Club junior system in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) to the Brisbane Lions in the 2000 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. He made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in 2001. After a long wait, he was finally recalled to the Lions lineup in the 2003 finals series, and in his fourth senior game of American Federation of Labor-Congress football, he was part of Brisbane"s premiership side.
During the 2005 season, he injured his anterior cruciate ligament (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) and missed the entire season.
While his schedule to a return was on track, he again injured his Anterior Cruciate Ligament during a National Association of Broadcasters Challenge game against Collingwood at Carrara on 18 March 2006. He then missed the entire 2006 season.
Hadley was traded to Carlton at the end of the 2007 season for Carlton"s fourth-round selection in the 2007 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft (number 52 overall). He continued to be troubled by injuries, playing six games in 2008, eleven in 2009 and eight in 2010.
He also played several games for Carlton"s VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants.
Hadley announced his retirement from American Federation of Labor-Congress football after the 2010 season, at the age of 27. After spending ten seasons on an American Federation of Labor-Congress playing list, injures had restricted him to 66 American Federation of Labor-Congress games. He returned to East Fremantle, where he had played as a junior, and played 49 WAFL matches for the club between 2011 and 2013, including serving as vice-captain, before retiring at the end of the 2013 season.
