Michael Redden

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Michael Redden

| fullname = Michael John Redden

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pekina, South Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Orroroo (NAFA)

| height = 196cm

| weight = 92kg

| position = Ruck

| statsend = 1993

| years1 = 1978–1993

| club1 = North Adelaide

| games_goals1 = 334 (141) These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.

| sooteam1 = South Australia

| soogames_goals1 = 11

| careerhighlights = *Premiership player 1987 and 1991

• Best & Fairest North Adelaide 1983
• Life membership of North Adelaide 1987
• Captain of North Adelaide 1993
• Captain of South Australia 1991
• SANFL Hall Of Fame 2002

}}

Michael John Redden (born 17 May 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the holder of the club games record for North Adelaide with 334 premiership games, and also played 44 pre-season/night series matches, kicking 11 goals.

Recruited from the Orroroo Football Club in the Northern Areas Football Association, Redden made his SANFL debut in 1978.

He played in North Adelaide's premiership teams of 1987 and 1991, and won the club's best and fairest award in 1983, being awarded life membership at North Adelaide in 1987. In 1993, he was appointed captain of North Adelaide, and captained the club until his retirement at the end of the season.

Redden also played 11 matches in State of Origin football for South Australia, and was State Captain in 1991, being inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame in 2002.{{cite web |title=SANFL Hall of Fame: Michael J. Redden |url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/hall-of-fame/michael-j-redden/ |website=SANFL |access-date=3 April 2019}}

Redden lived on a farming property in Pekina,{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Matt |title=Champion ruck a true state stalwart |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/north-ruckman-mick-redden-a-south-australian-footy-stalwart/news-story/d0ea978a5f7feb62d842cb8956955032 |access-date=3 April 2019 |work=The Advertiser |date=17 May 2012 |language=en}} near Orroroo, 270 kilometres north of Adelaide, during his playing career. It is estimated that he travelled approximately 260,000 kilometres to and from matches during his career.[https://nafc.com.au/history/player?playerId=eba476d8-55be-486c-a45a-f5087316b99c NAFC Player Database]

The value of Mick Redden's contribution to North Adelaide was officially recognised with his inclusion on the interchange bench in the club's Team of the Century.[https://nafc.com.au/history#century NAFC Team of the Century] and Hall of Fame.[https://nafc.com.au/hall-of-fame NAFC Hall of Fame]