Anthony Jones (Australian rules footballer) explained

Anthony Jones
Fullname:Anthony Jones
Birth Date:19 December 1974
Birth Place:Perth
Originalteam:Osborne Park JFC
Height:188 cm
Weight:86 kg
Position:Centre half-forward, centre half-back
Statsend:Round 23, 2008
Years1:1995–2003
Games Goals1:82 (3)
Years2:1994–95; 1997–98; 2000; 2002–08
Games Goals2:147 (280)
Years3:1999
Games Goals3:1 (0)
Sooyears1:1994; 1997; 2005–07
Sooteam1:WAFL
Soogames Goals1:5 (6)
Sooyears2:1996
Sooteam2:Western Australia
Soogames Goals2:1 (0)
Careerhighlights:

Anthony Jones (born 19 December 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer. He was the winner of the 2007 Sandover Medal.

Fremantle career

Jones played only 82 games over nine AFL seasons, missing many games to injuries to his knee, foot, hamstring, rib and shoulder as well as a punctured lung. A stress fracture of the right foot resulted in him being sidelined for the entire 1999 season and in an unusual injury for a footballer, a ruptured tendon in his chest caused him to miss the second half of the 2002 season.

Claremont career

After being delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2003 season, Jones continued to play for Claremont where he has switched to the forward line with great success. He has finished in the top 4 of the Claremont Best and Fairest award in each year since then and in 2006 was named the captain of the state team that played South Australia.

In 2007, he became the oldest person to ever win the Sandover Medal, narrowly beating Subiaco's Brad Smith.[1]

He has played 126 games for Claremont and skippered the club in 2008.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Townsend, John & Reid, Russell (2007). Medallist Jones bobs up when it matters The West Australian, 2007-09-18. p.59
  2. Bouncedown (2008). 'Official Guide to the 2008 Season', p.28