| Kate Gillespie-Jones | |
| Fullname: | Katherine Gillespie Jones |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1991 |
| Originalteam: | Seaford (VFL Women's) |
| Draftpick: | No. 14, 2016 AFL Women's draft |
| Debutdate: | Round 1, 2017 |
| Debutstadium: | Ikon Park |
| Height: | 179 cm |
| Position: | Utility |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Games Goals1: | 13 (0) |
| Years2: | 2019–2021 |
| Games Goals2: | 24 (5) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 37 (5) |
| Statsend: | the 2021 season |
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).
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 .[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]
Gillespie-Jones completed a PhD at Monash University in 2019 under the supervision of Ramesh Rajan, with a focus on researching a new drug treatment for traumatic brain injuries.[6] [7] [8]