Jason Blake (footballer)

Jason Blake

Personal information
Full name	Jason Blake
Date of birth	15 March 1981 (1981-03-15) (age 30)
Original team	Prahran
Draft	#24, 1999 National Draft, St Kilda
Height/Weight	189cm / 90kg
Position(s)	Utility
Club information
Current club	St Kilda
Number	27
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000–	St Kilda	199 (35)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

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.

1 AFL career
2 References
3 External links

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.

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.

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]

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.

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.

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]

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.

External links

Jason Blake (footballer)'s profile on the Official AFL Website of the St Kilda Football Club
Jason Blake (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

St Kilda Football Club – current squad

1 Gram
2 Siposs
3 Steven
4 Jones
5 McEvoy
6 Ross
7 Hayes
8 Clarke
9 Crocker
10 Markworth
11 Montagna
12 Riewoldt (c)
13 Schneider
14 Geary
15 Ledger
16 Newnes
17 Winmar
18 Goddard
19 Gilbert
20 Armitage
28 Saad
22 Ray
23 Koschitzke
24 Dempster
25 Fisher
26 Dal Santo
27 Blake
28 Stanley
28 Stanley
29 Webster
30 Peake
31 Simpkin
32 Milera
33 Gwilt
34 Polo
35 Cripps
36 Lever
37 Wilkes
42 Archer
43 Curren*
44 Milne
45 Ferguson*
46 Andreoli*
tbd Dunnell*
tbd Minchington*
tbd Shenton*
tbd Staley*

Coach: Watters

* denotes Rookie Listed players

1999 AFL Draft

First Round Josh Fraser • Paul Hasleby • Aaron Fiora • Matthew Pavlich • Leigh Brown • Damian Cupido • Danny Roach • Joel Corey • Caydn Beetham • Luke McPharlin • Darren Glass • Robert Murphy • Travis Gaspar • David Spriggs • David Haynes • Ezra Bray

Second Round Rhyce Shaw • Brad Green • Paul Wheatley • Scott Stevens • Ezra Poyas • Daniel Foster • Jason Blake • Brett Johnson • Stephen Doyle • Cain Ackland • Brent Guerra • Adam Hunter • Jonathan Brown (F/S) • Paul Chapman • Daniel Giansiracusa • Tim Clarke • Leon Davis

Third Round Patrick Wiggins • Rhett Biglands • Mitch Hahn • Cameron Ling • Scott Homewood • David Hille • Kane Munro • Michael Clark • Lindsay Gilbee • Shane Morrison (F/S) • Marcus Pickett • Adam Butler • Corey Enright • Chance Bateman • Ben Cunningham • Matthew Whelan

Later Rounds Ricky O'Loughlin • Andrew Mills • Clayton Lassock • Murray Pitts • Tim Hazell • Ryan O'Keefe • Steven Brosnan • Patrick Bowden • John Barnes • Richard Kelly • Mark Ainley • Ben Johnson • Shannon O'Brien • Cameron Bruce • Justin Cicolella • Ryan Hargrave • Robert Shirley • Tony Delaney • Bill Nicholls • Brett Allison • Robert Forster-Knight • Ryan Houlihan • Matthew Burton • Dale Baynes • Lindsay Smith • Ty Zantuck • Balraj Singh • Jeremy Dukes • Troy Makepeace • Nick Stone • Matthew Shir • Trent Hotton • Christian Woodley • Michael Clark • Andrew Merrington • Adam Mathews • Joe Allen

2011 AFL Draft

First round	1. Jonathon Patton • 2. Stephen Coniglio • 3. Dom Tyson • 4. Will Hoskin-Elliot • 5. Matt Buntine • 6. Chad Wingard • 7. Nick Haynes • 8. Billy Longer • 9. Adam Tomlinson • 10. Liam Sumner • 11. Toby Greene • 12. Sam Docherty • 13. Taylor Adams • 14. Devon Smith • 15. Brandon Ellis • 16. Tom Sheridan • 17. Clay Smith • 18. Bradley McKenzie • 19. Elliot Kavanagh • 20. Hayden Crozier • 21. Tom Mitchell (F/S) • 22. Joshua Bootsma • 23. Murray Newman • 24. Henry Schade • 25. Sebastian Ross • 26. Todd Elton • 27. Sam Kerridge (PP) • 28. Fraser McInnes (PP) • 29. Alex Forster (PP) • 30. Elliot Yeo (Comp)

Second round	31. Jackson Merrett • 32. Joel Hamling • 33. Bradley Hill • 34. Shane Kersten • 35. Daniel Markworth • 36. Rory Taggert • 37. Jack Newnes • 38. Jordan Kelly • 39. Michael Talia • 40. Tom Curran • 41. Mitchell Grigg • 42. Jimmy Webster • 43. Jordan Lockyer • 44. Sam Rowe • 45. Brendon Ah Chee • 46. Nicholas Joyce • 47. Patrick Wearden • 48. Jordan Murdoch

Third round	49. Daniel Pearce • 50. Jackson Paine • 51. Nathan Blee • 52. Josh Tynan • 53. Alex Woodward • 54. James Sellar • 55. Matthew Arnot • 56. Tom Downie • 57. Tory Dickson • 58. Lachie Neale • 59. Nicholas O'Brien • 60. Jay Lever • 61. Alex Brown • 62. Dylan Buckley (F/S) • 63. Ashton Hams (RP) • 64. Cameron Ellis-Yolmen • 65. Corey Gault • 66. Lincoln McCarthy

Fourth round	67. Jarrod Witts • 68. Beau Wilkes • 69. Mitchell Golby (RP) • 70. Luke Dahlhaus (RP) • 71. Cameron Sutcliffe • 73. Matthew Panos (RP) • 74. Luke Delaney (RP) • 75. Stewart Crameri (RP) • 76. Jason Blake • 77. Luke Breust (RP) • 78. Orren Stephenson

Fifth round	79. Setanta Ó hAilpín • 80. Alik Magin (RP) • 82. Matthew Wright (RP) • 83. Nick Lower (RP) • 84. Cameron Pedersen (RP) • 85. Nathan Gordon (RP) • 86. Jed Bews (F/S)

Sixth round	87. James McDonald • 88. Alex Sexton • 89. Aidan Riley (RP)

Seventh round	91. Jackson Allen

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