James Ezard

James Ezard
Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-03-24) 24 March 1986
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Calder Cannons
Debut	Round 8 2006, Port Adelaide v. Brisbane Lions, at AAMI Stadium
Height/Weight	178 cm / 75 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005- 2006	West Adelaide (SANFL) Port Adelaide (AFL)	4 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2006 season.
Career highlights
SANFL Magarey Medallist 2009

James Thomas Ezard (born 24 March 1986) is an Australian rules footballer, who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The nephew of Essendon premiership player Alan Ezard, he was taken at pick 34 in the 2004 AFL Draft from Calder Cannons. In 2005, he kicked the winning goal against Adelaide in a pre-season NAB cup match, but never broke into the senior team in that year, spending the year playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with West Adelaide, putting in some good performances, but still unable to break into Port Adelaide's main team.

AFL career

Port Adelaide career (2006)

Ezard made his AFL debut in round 8 of the 2006 AFL season, but Port Adelaide were soundly beaten by Brisbane Lions by 69 points. Ezard played the next three games, kicking a goal in the match against Carlton. At the end of the season, he was delisted by the club, which saw seven players leaving. He wore the number 9 guernsey for Port Adelaide, for the 2005 and 2006 season.

SANFL career

West Adelaide career (2005–present)

After being picked by West Adelaide in the 2005 Mini-Draft and playing with the club when not with Port in 2005 and made his SANFL debut with Wests on 26 March 2005. In 2006 Ezard signed for West Adelaide, deciding to stay in South Australia instead of returning home to Victoria so that he did not have to relocate.^[1]

2009 saw Ezard hit top form for West Adelaide who would finish the season in 6th place after finishing 9th and last each year since 2005. His consistent form was rewarded when he was named joint winner of the SANFL's highest individual honor, the Magarey Medal, with Rhys Archard from North Adelaide.

References

↑ AdelaideNow... Ezard set to bounce back

External links

West Adelaide Player Profile
James Ezard's statistics from AFL Tables

Magarey Medal winners

1898: Green 1899: Malin 1900: not awarded 1901: Sandland 1902: MacKenzie 1903: Waye 1904: not awarded 1905: MacKenzie 1906: MacKenzie 1907: Mack 1908: Tierney 1909: R. Head 1910: Hosking 1911: Cumberland 1912: Low 1913: Leahy 1914: Ashley 1915: Barry / Hosking / Perry 1916–18: not awarded 1919: Moriarty 1920: Moriarty / Richardson 1921: Adams / Karney / Moriarty / Scott 1922: Barnes 1923: Riley 1924: Scott 1925: Bampton / Lill 1926: McGregor 1927: McGregor 1928: Handby 1929: Snell 1930: Scott 1931: Sexton 1932: Pontifex 1933: Dunn 1934: Johnston 1935: Cockburn 1936: McCallum 1937: Hawke 1938: Quinn 1939: McArthur / Pash 1940: Brock 1941: Boyall 1942–44: not awarded 1945: Quinn 1946: Hank 1947: Hank 1948: R. Phillips 1949: Crabb / R. Phillips 1950: McKay 1951: Marriott 1952: Fitzgerald 1953: Deane 1954: Fitzgerald 1955: L. Head 1956: Boyd 1957: Benton / Deane 1958: L. Head 1959: Fitzgerald 1960: Barbary 1961: Halbert 1962: Eustice 1963: L. Head 1964: Motley 1965: Window 1966: Kneebone 1967: Lindner / Obst 1968: Robran 1969: Phillis 1970: Robran 1971: R. Ebert 1972: Blight 1973: Robran 1974: R. Ebert 1975: Woite 1976: R. Ebert 1977: Trevor Grimwood 1978: Hodgeman 1979: Duckworth 1980: R. Ebert 1981: Aish 1982: McGuinness 1983: Antrobus 1984: Platten 1985: Fielke 1986: Anderson 1987: Jarman 1988: Whittlesea 1989: McAdam 1990: Hodges 1991: Naley 1992: Buckley 1993: B. Phillips 1994: McIntosh 1995: Kilpatrick / McIntosh 1996: Francou 1997: Atkinson / Jarman 1998: Osborn 1999: Squire 2000: Squire 2001: Brown / O'Connor 2002: Sheedy / Weatherald 2003: B. Ebert 2004: P. Thomas 2005: Clayton 2006: Backwell 2007: Allan 2008: Crane 2009: Archard / Ezard 2010: Allan 2011: Allan 2012: Cross / Symes 2013: M. Thomas 2014: Kirkwood 2015: Cross

The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.

2004 AFL national draft

First round	1. Brett Deledio (PP) 2. Jarryd Roughead (PP) 3. Ryan Griffen (PP) 4. Richard Tambling 5. Lance Franklin 6. Tom Williams 7. Jordan Lewis 8. John Meesen 9. Jordan Russell 10. Chris Egan 11. Adam Thomson 12. Danny Meyer 13. Matthew Bate 14. Angus Monfries 15. Lynden Dunn 16. Adam Pattison 17. Andrew McQualter 18. Cameron Wood 19. Ryan Willits

Second round	20. Dean Polo 21. Thomas Murphy 22. Jesse Wells 23. Sean Rusling 24. Nathan van Berlo 25. Adam Hartlett 26. Matthew Little 27. Pat Garner 28. Chad Gibson 29. Matt Rosa 30. Andrew Lee 31. Jarred Moore 32. Brent Prismall 33. Cain Ackland 34. James Ezard 35. Fabian Deluca

Third round	36. Luke McGuane 37. Mark LeCras 38. Damien McCormack 39. Travis Cloke (F/S) 40. Ivan Maric 41. Luke Blackwell (F/S) 42. Jesse W. Smith (F/S) 43. Michael Newton 44. Mitch Morton (F/S) 45. Justin Sherman 46. Henry Slattery 47. David Spriggs 48. Nathan Ablett (F/S) 49. Mark McGough 50. Jayden Attard 51. Ben Eckermann

Fourth round	52. Dean Limbach 53. Simon Taylor 54. Stephen Tiller 55. Adam Iacobucci 56. Chris Knights 57. Brad Smith 58. Brad Moran 59. Benet Copping 59. Paul Thomas 60. Heath James 61. Matthew Egan 62. James Gwilt 63. Luke Forsyth

Fifth round	65. Mark Graham 67. Toby Stribling 68. Ben Schwarze 69. Daniel Haines 73. Chris Bryan

Sixth round	74. Daniel Pratt 77. Anthony Raso

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