South Adelaide/Wiseanger JFC
AFL
Port Adelaide (1997-2009)
SANFL
South Adelaide (1994-1996)
Brendon Lade (born 10 July 1976) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the AFL.
After first playing senior football for South Adelaide at the age of 17, Lade was recruited into the inaugural Port Adelaide Power squad and played in the Power's first game against Collingwood in 1997. He played all 22 games in both 1997 and 1998, and another 21 games in 1999 including Port's first final. In the second round of 2000, he suffered a serious broken leg that kept him out of action for the rest of the year. Lade did not return to AFL action until 2002, by which time he had switched to the number 5 guernsey. He played his 100th game in the 2003 preliminary final, and was a member of the Power's first premiership side in 2004, sharing the ruck duties with Dean Brogan in the absence of skipper Matthew Primus.
Lade played his 150th game early in the 2006 season, and turned in a career-best year, winning the Power's best and fairest and earning selection in the All-Australian side. He was again named an All-Australian in 2007, and played in his second career grand final, although Port was thrashed by Geelong. Lade, who played his 200th game early in 2008, retired at the end of the 2009 season after 234 games. He and fellow retiree Peter Burgoyne were the sole remaining members of the inaugural Port squad.
Lade moved into coaching, holding an assistant role at Richmond for seven years before returning to Port Adelaide in 2017 as an assistant coach.