Jason Johnson (born 25 January 1978) is a retired Australian rules footballer who spent his entire professional career with Essendon of the Australian Football League (AFL).
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jason Johnson | ||
Date of birth | (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978 (age 44) | ||
Original team(s) | Assumption College / Calder U18 | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1997–2008 | Essendon | 184 (109) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Known as a tireless running midfielder, Johnson's career honours include All-Australian selection in 2001, the same year he won the W.S. Crichton Medal for Essendon's best and fairest player.
On 25 August 2008, Johnson and long time teammate Adam Ramanauskas announced their intention to retire from football at the end of the season.[1]
Johnson now sits on the AFL Tribunal jury, adjudicating high-profile cases that arise during the regular season.[2]
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
1997 | Essendon | 42 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1998 | Essendon | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 29 | 84 | 22 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 10.5 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
1999 | Essendon | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
2000 | Essendon | 14 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 317 | 151 | 468 | 79 | 53 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 12.7 | 6.0 | 18.7 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
2001 | Essendon | 14 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 364 | 162 | 526 | 85 | 64 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 15.2 | 6.8 | 21.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
2002 | Essendon | 14 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 324 | 196 | 520 | 95 | 86 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 13.5 | 8.2 | 21.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
2003 | Essendon | 14 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 315 | 159 | 474 | 105 | 50 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 7.2 | 21.5 | 4.8 | 2.3 |
2004 | Essendon | 14 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 277 | 173 | 450 | 91 | 57 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 14.6 | 9.1 | 23.7 | 4.8 | 3.0 |
2005 | Essendon | 14 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 308 | 183 | 491 | 120 | 80 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 8.3 | 22.3 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
2006 | Essendon | 14 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 237 | 173 | 410 | 111 | 47 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 21.6 | 5.8 | 2.5 |
2007 | Essendon | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 119 | 88 | 207 | 64 | 30 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 8.8 | 20.7 | 6.4 | 3.0 |
2008 | Essendon | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 47 | 91 | 22 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 22.8 | 5.5 | 2.3 |
Career | 184 | 109 | 110 | 2399 | 1385 | 3784 | 800 | 490 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 20.6 | 4.3 | 2.7 |
Essendon Football Club 2000 AFL premiers | |
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Coach: Sheedy |
Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club best and fairest winners | |
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2001 All-Australian team | |
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Full-back |
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Half-back |
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Centre |
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Half-forward |
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Full-forward |
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Ruck |
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Interchange |
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Coach |
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← 2000 The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999. 2002 → |
1998 AFL Rising Star nominees | |
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Australian squad – 2001 International Rules Series | ||
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Coach: Lyon |
Australian squad – 2004 International Rules Series | ||
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Coach: Lyon |
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