Jesse White (footballer)

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Jesse White
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White in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Jesse White
Date of birth (1988-01-09) 9 January 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Original team(s) Southport (QAFL)
Draft No. 79, 2006 national draft
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2007–2013 Sydney 071 0(73)
2014–2017 Collingwood 056 0(75)
Total127 (148)
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jesse Jackson White (born 9 January 1988 in Melbourne) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for SANFL club Glenelg Football Club and formerly for the Sydney Swans and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney Swans with pick 79 in the 2006 national draft.

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Early life

White was born in Melbourne. [2] His family moved to the Gold Coast when he was two years old, and he attended John Paul College during his high school years. He was first selected to represent Queensland in basketball at under 12 level, and continued to make representative teams up to under 18 level. In 2005, he rejected a scholarship offer from the Australian Institute of Sport to concentrate on Australian football.

Junior football

White played his junior football at the Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club on the Gold Coast. He was selected to represent Queensland in 2004 at under 16 level, while playing for Surfers Paradise. He switched to the Southport Australian Football Club to play both under 18 and senior football. Despite having a good year for Southport and the under 18 Queensland team, he was overlooked in the 2005 AFL draft. He remained at Southport for the 2006 season, winning the QAFL premiership and was a standout performer in Queensland's victorious run at the 2006 AFL Under 18 Championships.

AFL career

White (left) with fellow Sydney ruckman Darren Jolly in 2009 The Sydney Ruckmen, Syd v PA 2009 (3558511479) (cropped).jpg
White (left) with fellow Sydney ruckman Darren Jolly in 2009

White was drafted by the Sydney Swans with pick 79 in the 2006 AFL draft. Despite being drafted in 2006, White didn't make his league debut until round 6, 2008, under controversial circumstances, when White mistakenly entered the playing field before Darren Jolly had left the field in the final minutes of their drawn match against North Melbourne. The AFL fined Sydney $50,000 for having an extra man on the field for approximately 18 seconds, which led to the formation of the new interchange policy. [3]

In round 22 of the 2009 AFL season, White was rewarded with a nomination for the 2009 AFL Rising Star award. [4]

White's playing style is primarily a forward that can also ruck. After Peter Everitt retired, White played as the second ruck to Darren Jolly. After Barry Hall's retirement and subsequent trade to Western Bulldogs in the 2009 off-season, White was moved into the forward line, kicking four goals in his first match as a forward. The Swans re-signed him in 2010 on a three-year contract to prevent the new club, Gold Coast from recruiting him. Despite promising performances as a forward throughout the 2010 season, he spent considerable time in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) throughout 2011 and the 2012 premiership year, due to inconsistent form.

With a season left to run on his contract, the Swans attempted to use White in the trade for Kurt Tippett with Adelaide. The subsequent AFL investigation from the attempted trade discovered that Adelaide had breached the salary cap and contract laws governing the players. [5] White remained a Swans player for the 2013 season. With Goodes injured for most of the season, White was often instrumental, kicking 20 goals in 15 games, with his best match against Adelaide, individually outscoring Adelaide with three goals to three quarter time.

Despite his improved performances and Sydney's attempts to re-sign him, he moved to Collingwood in a three-way trade with Sydney, Collingwood and the West Coast Eagles. [6] On 10 August 2017, White announced his retirement from AFL football at the end of the season. [7]

Post-AFL career

Following his retirement from AFL, White began training with National Basketball League side Melbourne United. [8] filters. [9]

In 2018, he returned to football signing with SANFL club Glenelg Football Club.

In 2019, Jesse won the SANFL premiership and the Glenelg Football Club J H Eller Best and Fairest award and announced his retirement

Statistics

As of the completion of the 2017 season [10]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2008 Sydney 18200549550.00.02.524.52.52.5
2009 Sydney 18182013865614272201.10.74.83.17.941.1
2010 Sydney 18202212878116865201.10.64.44.18.53.31
2011 Sydney 181391544810226390.60.412.111.023.14.53.1
2012 Sydney 183201910291270.70.06.33.39.642.3
2013 Sydney 181520121098119072261.30.87.35.412.74.81.7
2014 Collingwood 181820141266318959381.10.87.03.310.33.32.1
2015 Collingwood 91827191457922488301.51.18.14.412.44.91.7
2016 Collingwood 91623201525921186351.41.39.53.713.25.42.2
2017 Collingwood 94553416501961.31.38.54.012.54.81.5
Career12714810681749713145042261.20.86.43.910.44.01.8

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References

  1. ↑ Player Profile on SydneySwans.com.au
  2. ↑ AFL Queensland - Jesse White Profile
  3. ↑ Hinds, Richard; Swans fined $50,000 but get to keep their points;Realfooty;2008-04-30
  4. ↑ "Swans' Jesse White gets Rising Star nod". Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Quayle, Emma (29 November 2011). "The Tippett saga: how it went wrong for Crows". RealFooty. The Age.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Peter (21 October 2013). "Swan forward flies south to Collingwood". AFL.com.au . BigPond.
  7. ↑ "Collingwood's Jesse White retires from AFL". The Age . Fairfax Media. 10 August 2017.
  8. ↑ Can retired Pie make NBL switch a slam dunk?
  9. ↑ Gardiner, Gilbert. "How Jesse White turned to Melbourne United basketball to help with his transition from Collingwood and the AFL". The Daily Telegraph. News Corporation. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Jesse White". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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