Jason Johannisen
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Jason Johannisen | |||
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 Johannisen at Western Bulldogs training in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jason Johannisen | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-11-08) 8 November 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Original team(s) | East Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 39, 2011 rookie draft | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Western Bulldogs | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2012– | Western Bulldogs | 187 (75) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | All Stars | 1 (0) | |
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 24 2023. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jason Johannisen (born 8 November 1992) is a South African born professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 180 cm (5ft 11in) tall and 82 kg (181 lb), he plays as a running half-back who can move up forward.
Johannisen was selected by the Western Bulldogs with the 39th selection in the 2011 rookie draft. Since then, he has been an AFL premiership player, and a winner of the Tony Liberatore Most Improved Player Award, which he received in 2015. He has polled a total of 25 Brownlow Medal votes in his career.
Early life
Johannisen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to mother Sonya from Zambia and father Eldrid from Durban.[1] The family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 2000 when Jason was eight years old.[2]
Jason played rugby union with the Southern Lions Rugby Club in Perth as a junior for switching codes to Australian rules at the age of 15.[1] Johannissen played his senior football with East Fremantle.
Career
Johanissen was recruited by the Western Bulldogs in the 2011 Rookie Draft, with pick #39, and made his debut in Round 19 of the 2012 AFL season, against North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium.
Johanissen was adjudged best afield in the Western Bulldogs' Grand Final victory over the Sydney Swans in 2016. He recorded 25 kicks among 33 disposals and 7 marks to win the Norm Smith Medal.[3] After speculation about his playing future at the Western Bulldogs in 2017 - previously being linked to both Western Australian clubs and Essendon - he re-signed with the club for a further 5 years to remain at the Bulldogs until at least 2022.
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of Round 8 2021[4]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2012 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 16.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 138 | 70 | 208 | 40 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 5.4 | 16.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 111 | 67 | 178 | 42 | 26 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 16.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2015 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 270 | 128 | 398 | 107 | 35 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.5 | 6.4 | 19.9 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2016# | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 283 | 130 | 413 | 112 | 37 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 16.6 | 7.6 | 24.3 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 10 |
| 2017 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 258 | 171 | 429 | 58 | 41 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 21.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 7 |
| 2018 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 277 | 187 | 464 | 89 | 47 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 12.6 | 8.5 | 21.1 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 2019 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 285 | 152 | 437 | 83 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 7.6 | 21.9 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1 |
| 2020[a] | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 165 | 102 | 267 | 65 | 29 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 15.7 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2021 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 152 | 99 | 251 | 67 | 41 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2022 | Western Bulldogs | 39 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 82 | 28 | 11 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 11.7 | 4.0 | 1.6 | |
| Career | 175 | 68 | 68 | 2018 | 1158 | 3176 | 701 | 333 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 11.5 | 6.6 | 18.2 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 25 | ||
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
AFL
- Team
- Individual
VFL
- Team
- VFL premiership: 2014
References
- ^ a b Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2217703 Accessed 14 June 2023
- ^ Collins, Ben (25 July 2012). "Dogs elevate Joburg-born speedster". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
- ^ Landsberger, Sam (25 July 2012). "Jason Johannisen set to spark the Western Bulldogs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Jason Johannisen Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jason Johannisen.
- Jason Johannisen's profile on the official website of the Western Bulldogs
- Jason Johannisen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Western Bulldogs – current squad
- 1 Treloar
- 2 Ugle-Hagan
- 3 Weightman
- 4 Bontempelli (c)
- 5 Busslinger
- 6 B. Smith
- 7 Lobb
- 8 Clarke
- 9 Sanders
- 10 Darcy
- 11 Macrae
- 12 Gallagher
- 13 Baker*
- 14 West
- 15 Duryea*
- 16 Croft
- 17 Coffield
- 18 O'Donnell*
- 19 L. Jones
- 20 Richards
- 21 Liberatore
- 22 Harmes
- 23 Vandermeer
- 24 Khamis
- 25 Poulter*
- 26 Bedendo
- 27 Freijah
- 28 Scott
- 29 Bramble*
- 30 McNeil*
- 31 Dale
- 32 A. Jones
- 33 Naughton
- 34 Williams
- 35 Daniel
- 36 Cleary
- 37 O'Driscoll
- 38 Garcia
- 39 Johannisen
- 40 L. Smith
- 42 Keath
- 43 Gardner
- 44 English
- Coach: Beveridge
* denotes rookie listed players
