Clinton Jones (footballer)
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Clinton Jones is an Australian rules football
er for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League
(AFL).
Jones was recruited from South Fremantle
in the WAFL
with the 9th selection in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft. At South Fremantle he had won consecutive best and fairest
awards and was a part of South's 2005 premiership winning team. Following that Grand Final, he was mistakenly announced as the winner of the Simpson Medal
, before it was corrected and the true winner Toby McGrath
was awarded the medal.
Jones was drafted to the Saints at the age of 22, which is unusually old for an AFL draftee.
Jones played in St Kilda’s 2008 NAB Cup
winning side, the club’s third pre-season cup win.
Jones played in 21 of 22 home and away matches in the 2009 AFL season
, which resulted in St Kilda topping the premiership ladder, winning the club’s third minor premiership. He won the 2009 Robert Harvey Most Professional Player Award. He was also named in Mike Sheahan's top 50 AFL players for 2009, coming in at 49th. Before the start of the 2010 season he changed his number from 38 to 4, which had previously been worn by club legends Barry Breen
and Tony Lockett
.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL).
AFL career
South Fremantle Football Club
The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...
in the WAFL
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
with the 9th selection in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft. At South Fremantle he had won consecutive best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
awards and was a part of South's 2005 premiership winning team. Following that Grand Final, he was mistakenly announced as the winner of the Simpson Medal
Simpson Medal
The Simpson Medal, a prize for Australian rules football, has been donated by Dr. Fred Simpson and family since 1945. It is awarded to the best player in a WAFL Grand Final and the best player in an interstate game involving Western Australia....
, before it was corrected and the true winner Toby McGrath
Toby McGrath
Toby Jason McGrath is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
was awarded the medal.
Jones was drafted to the Saints at the age of 22, which is unusually old for an AFL draftee.
Jones played in St Kilda’s 2008 NAB Cup
2008 NAB Cup
The 2008 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2008 Premiership season began...
winning side, the club’s third pre-season cup win.
Jones played in 21 of 22 home and away matches in the 2009 AFL season
2009 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:...
, which resulted in St Kilda topping the premiership ladder, winning the club’s third minor premiership. He won the 2009 Robert Harvey Most Professional Player Award. He was also named in Mike Sheahan's top 50 AFL players for 2009, coming in at 49th. Before the start of the 2010 season he changed his number from 38 to 4, which had previously been worn by club legends Barry Breen
Barry Breen
Barry Breen was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, playing with St Kilda Football Club. Breen attended De La Salle College, Malvern...
and Tony Lockett
Tony Lockett
Anthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
.