Jake Edwards (Australian footballer)

Jake Edwards
Personal information
Date of birth6 January 1988
Original teamMelton/Western Jets
Debut20 March 2008, Carlton
v. Richmond, at MCG
Height/Weight192cm / 82kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2008Carlton5 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2008 season.

Jake Edwards (born 6 January 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Edwards played TAC Cup football with the Western Jets, and was selected in the 2005 AFL National Draft by the Carlton Football Club with its third round draft pick (#36 overall).

Edwards did not gain senior AFL selection during his first two seasons with the club. He spent 2006 and 2007 playing with Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants, although these years were also marred by injury. Edwards made his senior debut for Carlton in the opening game of the 2008 AFL season against Richmond, and played five games for the season. Throughout the early part of his cereer, he played primarily as a leading forward-pocket.

Edwards shifted into a defensive role in the backline in 2009, and played fourteen games with the Bullants, including its grand final loss, but he did not again gain selection to the Carlton team. He was delisted at the end of the 2009 season.

Edwards played for the Darley Football Netball Club in the Ballarat Football League in 2010, alongside brother Jarrod.[1] In 2011, he played for Port Melbourne in the VFL,[2] and was part of the Borough's unbeaten 2011 premiership team;[3] he returned to Darley in 2012,[4] and won the Henderson Medal as the best and fairest player in the Ballarat Football League in 2013.[5]

Edwards' father, Allan "Butch" Edwards, played a total of 113 games with Richmond, Collingwood and Footscray in the 1970s and 1980s. His grandfather Arthur Edwards played 120 games for Footscray in the 1950s and his great-grandfather Frank Aked, Sr. played 116 games for Footscray between 1925 and 1932. Shane O'Bree is Jake's cousin with Allan's sister Margaret being Shane's mother.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.carltonfc.com.au/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/86123/default.aspx
  2. ↑ McGrath, G., The Courier, "High hopes for new Darley ruckman", 19 January 2011, Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "2011 VFL Seniors: Grand Final". Sportingpulse. Retrieved 25 Sep 2011.
  4. ↑ McGrath, Gav (16 April 2012). "BFL: new look senior team high on agenda". The Courier (Ballarat, VIC). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Pat Nolan (16 September 2013). "BFL: Darley's Jake Edwards wins the Henderson Medal". The Courier. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Peter. "O'Bree's Family Tree". AFL Record (Melbourne, Victoria: AFL) 97 (Round 8, 2008): 62–66. ISSN 1444-2973.