Jason Blake (footballer)
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| Full name | Jason Blake | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1981 | ||
| Original team | Prahran | ||
| Draft | #24, 1999 National Draft, St Kilda | ||
| Height/Weight | 189cm / 90kg | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | ||
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| Current club | St Kilda | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2000– | St Kilda | 199 (35) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
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Jason Blake (born 15 March 1981) is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He holds the record for most games played (199 as of the end of the 2011 season) without accruing a single Brownlow Medal vote.
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[edit] AFL career
Blake was recruited as the number 24 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from the Beaumaris Football Club. He made his debut for St. Kilda in Round 9, 2000 against the Western Bulldogs. He played his 100th match for the Saints in round 9 of 2007 against Fremantle at Subiaco.
[edit] 2004 Wizard Cup
Blake played in St Kilda’s 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side - St Kilda’s second pre-season cup win.[1]
Blake is a versatile footballer, having spent much of the period between 2003 and 2006 as a ruckman for St Kilda, but has also been able to play forward, back and as a tagger in the midfield. Blake capped off an improved 2007 season by finishing ninth in the club's Trevor Barker Award for the best and fairest player.
[edit] 2008 NAB Cup
Blake played in St Kilda’s 2008 AFL National Australia Bank Cup winning side - St Kilda Football Club’s 3rd AFL Cup Win.[2][3]
[edit] 2009 season
Blake played in 22 of 22 matches in the 2009 home and away rounds in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club’s third minor premiership.[4]
St Kilda qualified for the 2009 AFL Grand Final after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. Blake played in the 2009 AFL Grand Final in which St Kilda were defeated by 12 points.
[edit] 2010 season
Blake played 26 games in 2010, including four finals matches, and finished in the top 10 of St Kilda's best and fairest, the Trevor Barker Award, for the fourth year in succession. As of the end of the 2011 season, Blake had played in 15 AFL finals matches, including three grand finals.
[edit] 2011 season
By the end of the 2011 season, Blake had played 199 games, including 16 finals, without polling a single Brownlow Medal vote, more than any other player in VFL/AFL history.[5] He was delisted at the end of the 2011 season, but was redrafted by the club.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "AFL 2004 Wizard Cup Grand Final - Geelong v St Kilda". Slattery Media Group. 2004-03-13. http://images.slatterymedia.com/image/?image_id=114726. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "St Kilda wins NAB cup". The Age. March 8, 2008. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/st-kilda-wins-nab-cup-by-five-points/2008/03/08/1204780132457.html?s_cid=rss_news. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "Saints are NAB Cup Champions in 2008". Jeld-Wen. 8 March 2008. http://www.jeld-wen.com.au/pr/St-Kilda-2008/20080308.php. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "2009 Season Scores and Results - Ladder". AFL Tables. 2009. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/2009.html#lad. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ Muldren, Chris (27 September 2011). "Blake's Donut". Herald Sun: p. 75.
- ^ "AFL 2011 draft". Herald Sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/draft. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: St Kilda Football Club |
- Jason Blake (footballer)'s profile on the Official AFL Website of the St Kilda Football Club
- Jason Blake (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables
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