Jed Anderson

Jed Anderson
Anderson playing for North Melbourne in June 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Katherine, Northern Territory
Original team(s)	Darwin Buffaloes (NTFL) NT Thunder (NEAFL)
Debut	Round 1, 2013, Hawthorn  vs. Geelong, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–2015	Hawthorn	10 0(4)
2016–2022	North Melbourne	89 (28)
2023	Gold Coast	0 (0)
Total		99 (32)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 2013 Southern Districts best and fairest: 2023–24
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jed Anderson (born 2 February 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Southern Districts Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL). He previously played for Hawthorn, North Melbourne and the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). ^[1]

Early life

Anderson was born in Katherine, Northern Territory into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Warramungu) ^[2] and moved to Darwin at the age of 12. ^[3] His grandfather, Jim Anderson, is a member of the Northern Territory Team of the Century ^[4] and an NTFL Hall of Fame inductee. ^[5] Jed grew up playing junior football for the Darwin Buffaloes and played in the 2011 NEAFL premiership for the NT Thunder. ^[6]

AFL career

Greater Western Sydney (2010)

Anderson was picked for the Greater Western Sydney scholarship program in 2010. When he was 16, he moved to western Sydney to spend a season playing for GWS's TAC Cup team, while being educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview. He struggled to settle into his new school, got homesick and returned home mid-year. ^[7] He was selected in the 2011 All-Australian under-18 team after an outstanding NAB AFL Under-18s championships.

Hawthorn (2013–15)

Anderson was pre-listed by Greater Western Sydney and traded to Hawthorn for 2008 premiership player Stephen Gilham. Anderson made his debut for the Hawks in round 1 of the 2013 AFL season against Geelong. ^[8] He was the round 3 AFL Rising Star nominee for 2013 following his performance against Collingwood in which he kicked his first goal. ^[9] After an injury layoff, he played for Hawthorn's VFL-affiliate, Box Hill, until his form saw his return to the Hawthorn line-up in round 22. He played as the substitute and kicked a vital goal against Sydney in both round 23 and the qualifying final. He was one of the better players in the Box Hill premiership team in the 2013 Grand Final.

Anderson had a delayed start to 2014 pre-season after contracting pneumonia while on end of season leave in Darwin. He had been wading at Howard Swamps, southeast of Darwin, in search of geese. He resumed training with the club in January. ^[10] In the first game of the VFL season against Williamstown, Anderson hurt his shoulder that eventually was operated on and he was out for the rest of the season.

Anderson who was contracted until the end of 2016 requested a trade for a chance to move to another club and get more opportunities for regular senior football. The small forward managed only four games for the 2015 season . ^[11]

North Melbourne (2016–22)

On 16 October 2015, North Melbourne brokered a deal for the Roos to receive Anderson and picks No.38 and 40 while Hawthorn got picks No.15 and 55. ^[12] After Round 1 in the 2016 AFL season, Anderson injured his hamstring but was able to play the last 9 games of 2016.

Injuries continued to hammer Anderson's progress in the AFL, but as he has got older he has managed to spring large sequences of games together. In 2018 he managed to play 21 games in the season.

In 2020, Anderson placed third in North’s Best and Fairest vote, the Syd Barker Medal.

After 89 games across seven seasons for the club, Anderson was advised in October 2022 that he wouldn’t be offered a contract by the club for 2023. ^[13]

Gold Coast (2023)

In December 2022, Anderson was listed by the Gold Coast Suns as a supplementary selection period (SSP) signing. ^[14]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2023 season. ^[15]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2013	Hawthorn	37	6	3	3	35	22	57	11	15	0.5	0.5	5.8	3.7	9.5	1.8	2.5	0
2014	Hawthorn	37	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2015	Hawthorn	37	4	1	3	18	22	40	4	20	0.3	0.8	4.5	5.5	10.0	1.0	5.0	0
2016	North Melbourne	3	10	2	4	60	47	107	21	32	0.2	0.4	6.0	4.7	10.7	2.1	3.2	0
2017	North Melbourne	3	5	3	2	28	28	56	8	24	0.6	0.4	5.6	5.6	11.2	1.6	4.8	0
2018	North Melbourne	3	21	7	8	188	225	413	46	109	0.3	0.4	9.0	10.7	19.7	2.2	5.2	0
2019	North Melbourne	3	17	6	3	146	204	350	44	93	0.4	0.2	8.6	12.0	20.6	2.6	5.5	0
2020 [a]	North Melbourne	3	15	3	4	177	138	315	41	75	0.2	0.3	11.8	9.2	21.0	2.7	5.0	3
2021	North Melbourne	3	7	4	1	65	67	132	22	40	0.6	0.1	9.3	9.6	18.9	3.1	5.7	0
2022	North Melbourne	3	14	3	3	156	152	308	56	38	0.2	0.2	11.1	10.9	22.0	4.0	4.1	0
2023	Gold Coast	17	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Career			99	32	31	873	905	1778	253	466	0.3	0.3	8.8	9.1	18.0	2.6	4.7	3

Notes

1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

• Minor premiership (Hawthorn): 2013
• VFL premiership player (Box Hill): 2013
• Minor premiership (Box Hill): 2015

Individual

• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2013
• Indigenous All-Stars team: 2013
• Under 18 All-Australian team: 2011

Family

Jed's older brother Joe Anderson played 17 games for Carlton between 2007 and 2010. ^[7]

Anderson's first child, his son Elijah, was born in Darwin in April 2013. ^[16] A second son, Jasiah was born in January 2015. ^[17]

References

1. Clark, Jackson (25 February 2024). "Former AFL player Jed Anderson stars in NTFL representative win". National Indigenous Times. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
2. "AFL Players' Indigenous Map 2021" (PDF). AFL Players Association. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
3. "In Focus: Jed Anderson & Jy Simpkin (Part 1)". North Melbourne Football Club. 21 June 2022.
4. "AFLNT Northern Territory Government Team of the Century announced". AFL NMthern Territory. 3 September 2016.
5. "NT Hall of Fame - Jimmy Anderson". AFL NMthern Territory. 22 October 2017.
6. "NT Thunder 2011 Premiership". NT Thunder. 18 September 2011.
7. Quayle, Emma (6 October 2012). "Trials of life". The Age.
8. "Round 1 team: Anderson to debut".
9. "Anderson the rising star".
10. "Young Hawk Jed Anderson in hospital with pneumonia".
11. "AFL trades 2015: Hawthorn's Jed Anderson asks to leave". 9 October 2015.
12. "North Melbourne snares young Hawk Anderson".
13. Kalinic, Dejan (16 October 2022). "Former Hawks midfielder among four Kangaroos axed". AFL Media.
14. "Jed Anderson signs with the SUNS". Gold Coast Suns. 7 December 2022.
15. "Jed Anderson's player profile at AFL Tables". AFL Tables.
16. "Five talking points: Collingwood vs Hawthorn".
17. "Family helps lift Anderson to new heights".

http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2016-10-04/2016-review-jed-anderson

External links

• Jed Anderson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jed Anderson at AustralianFootball.com