Brandon Jack
| Brandon Jack | |||
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Jack playing for the Sydney Swans reserves in August 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brandon Luke Jack | ||
| Born |
25 May 1994 Manchester, England[1] | ||
| Original team | Pennant Hills (Sydney AFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 58, 2013 rookie draft | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfield / forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2013–2017 | Sydney | 28 (16) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brandon Luke Jack[2] (born 25 May 1994) is an Australian author, journalist and former professional footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
As a youngster Jack played for Westbrook Junior AFL club. Jack then went on to play for Pennant Hills. Jack's older brother Kieren Jack also played for the Swans and his father Garry Jack is a former rugby league footballer and coach.[3] [4] At the conclusion of the 2017 season, he was delisted by Sydney.[5]
Jack currently writes for the Sydney Morning Herald.[6] After having previously enrolled in a law double degree, Jack studied a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in sociology with a minor in creative writing at UNSW,[7] completing his studies in 2022.[8]
In 2021, Jack released his memoirs, titled 28. He followed this up in 2025 with Pissants, a novel set at a football club.[9]
Statistics
[edit | edit source]- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season[10]
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Goals | K
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Kicks | D
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Disposals | T
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Tackles |
B
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Behinds | H
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Handballs | M
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Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2013 | Sydney | 33 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 11 | 20 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 2014 | Sydney | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 12 | 23 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | Sydney | 33 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 66 | 60 | 126 | 26 | 31 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 12.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 2016 | Sydney | 33 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | Sydney | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Career | 28 | 16 | 13 | 137 | 127 | 264 | 52 | 79 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | ||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ All guts, no glory: Brandon Jack exposes the ugly side of football By Martin McKenzie-Murray For The Saturday Paper 2 October 2021
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Brandon Jack's profile on the official website of the Sydney Swans
- Brandon Jack's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Sydney Swans players
- Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
- Pennant Hills Australian Football Club players
- People educated at Oakhill College
- Australian rules footballers from Sydney
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules football biography, 1990s birth stubs