John Blakey

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John Blakey
Personal information
Full name	John Blakey
Date of birth	(1966-07-24) 24 July 1966
Original team	East Doncaster
Height/Weight	187 cm / 83 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985 – 1992 1993 – 2002 Total -	Fitzroy North Melbourne	135 0(38) 224 0(72) 359 (110)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2002 season.

John Blakey (born 24 July 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Recruited from East Doncaster, Victoria, Blakey debuted for the Fitzroy Football Club in 1985, and went on to be used in a variety of midfield positions. He went on to play 135 games (for 38 goals) with the Fitzroy Lions until 1992. He switched to the North Melbourne Football Club in 1993 and went on to be a stalwart for the club. He played in the 1996 and 1999 premiership sides and went on to play 224 games for 72 goals until he retired in 2002 at 36 years of age.^[1]

He represented Victoria in State of Origin in 1998.

Following his retirement Blakey became the assistant coach at the Brisbane Lions, and coached the team in the absence of Leigh Matthews (whose mother had died) for one game in Round 18, 2005.

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 57. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.

v t e North Melbourne Football Club 1996 AFL Premiers

North Melbourne 19.17 (131) defeated Sydney Swans 13.10 (88), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 18. Carey 2. Schwass 3. Rock 4. Martyn 5. Anderson 6. Fairley 7. Laidley 8. Scott 10. Stevens 11. Archer 12. Blakey 16. Capuano 17. Freeborn 22. Roberts 24. Sholl 26. Bell 27. Crocker 31. McKernan 33. Allison 34. King 37. Simpson

Coach: Pagan

v t e Kangaroos 1999 AFL Premiers

Kangaroos 19.10 (124) defeated Carlton 12.17 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 18. Carey 4. Martyn 6. Grant 7. Simpson 10. Stevens 11. Archer 12. Blakey 13. Pike 15. Abraham 16. Capuano 19. Mooney 23. Clayton 24. Sholl 26. Bell 28. Pickett 29. Harvey 30. Welsh 31. McKernan 33. Allison 34. King 35. Longmire 44. Motlop

Coach: Pagan

v t e Coaches of the Brisbane Lions

1997–1998: Northey 1998: Merrett 1999–2008: Matthews 2005: Blakey 2009–2013: Voss 2013: Harvey 2014–: Leppitsch

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e North Melbourne Football Club · Team of the Century

Full-back	Glenn Archer David Dench Mick Martyn

Half-back	John Rantall Ross Glendinning Ted Jarrard

Centre	Keith Greig Les Foote Laurie Dwyer

Half-forward	Malcolm Blight Wayne Carey (c) Wayne Schimmelbusch

Full-forward	John Dugdale Jock Spencer Allen Aylett

Ruck	Noel Teasdale Anthony Stevens Barry Cable

Interchange	Brent Crosswell Barry Davis Peter Steward Sam Kekovich Jim Krakouer Brent Harvey

Emergencies	David King John Blakey Wayne Schwass Gary Dempsey

Coach	Denis Pagan

Persondata
Name	Blakey, John
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	24 July 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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