Kate Gillespie-Jones

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Kate Gillespie-Jones
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Gillespie-Jones with North Melbourne in January 2019
Personal information
Full name Katherine Gillespie Jones
Date of birth (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 31)
Original team(s) Seaford (VFL Women's)
Draft No. 14, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Carlton
vs.  Collingwood, at Ikon Park
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Utility
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2018 Carlton 13 (0)
2019–2021 North Melbourne 24 (5)
Total37 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Katherine Gillespie-Jones (born 26 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

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AFLW career

Doctor Gillespie-Jones was drafted by Carlton with the club's second selection and the fourteenth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. [1] She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against Collingwood. [2] In May 2018, Gillespie-Jones signed with expansion club, North Melbourne, to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season. [3] It was revealed that Gillespie-Jones was likely to explore the option of a trade in the wake of the 2021 AFL Women's season. [4] After not finding a new home, North Melbourne delisted her at the end of the trade period. [5]

Personal life

Gillespie-Jones completed a PhD at Monash University in 2019, with a focus on researching a new drug treatment for traumatic brain injuries. [6] [7] [8]

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