Jacob Ballard

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Jacob Ballard
Personal information
Full name Jacob Ballard
Date of birth (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 29)
Original team(s) Northern Blues (VFL)
Draft No. 47, 2014 Rookie draft, Fremantle
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2014–2015 Fremantle 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jacob Ballard (born 26 February 1994) is a current Coburg Football Club player and a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Drafted with the 47th selection in the 2014 Rookie Draft from Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League (VFL), he played for Peel Thunder in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Fremantle's reserve team during the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

Ballard made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the final round of the 2015 AFL season, when Fremantle sent a weakened team to play Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. Twelve changes were made to the team, and Ballard was one of four players to make their AFL debuts. [1] He was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season. [2] One day after being delisted by Fremantle, Ballard was awarded the Tuckey Medal as the best and fairest player for Peel Thunder in 2015.

VFL career

Ballard was named on the interchange of the VFL's Team of the Year while playing for Richmond in 2017. [3] In 2019 he won a VFL premiership with Richmond. [4] In November 2019, Ballard agreed to a 1-year agreement with the Coburg Football Club.

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References

  1. ↑ Hope, Shayne (5 September 2015). "Another Docker goes out".
  2. ↑ "Duffield and Crowley to depart". FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "VFL TEAM OF THE YEAR". VFL. SportsTG. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Phelan, Jennifer (22 September 2019). "'Great player... great story': Tiger sensation pushes case for GF debut". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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