Jobe Watson

Australian Rules Footballer

Jobe Watson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on February 8th, 1985 and is the Australian Rules Footballer. At the age of 39, Jobe Watson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 8, 1985
Nationality
Australia
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Age
39 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Profession
Australian Rules Footballer
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Jobe Watson Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 39 years old, Jobe Watson has this physical status:

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191cm
Weight
93kg
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Jobe Watson Career

Watson was selected at pick 40 under the father–son rule in the 2002 national draft. He was initially coached as a key forward by Kevin Sheedy, who also coached his father Tim. His poor kicking by AFL standards drew criticism, and it was determined that he would be more suited to the midfield at Essendon. At the time, his weight was criticised by the media, as he was overweight for an AFL player. Over the next two seasons, he began to develop his craft in the Essendon midfield and became one of the competition's elite midfielders.

Watson had a consistent season in 2009, polling ten Brownlow Medal votes and winning the Essendon best-and-fairest award, the Crichton Medal. Watson polled 335 votes in 15 of the 21 games he played in the 2009 season, with only one game missed due to an ankle injury. Watson was 46 votes ahead of runner-up Dustin Fletcher, who polled 289 votes. By the end of the 2009 season, Watson had gathered a reputation as Essendon's most important midfielder (coming first in the club's overall clearances) and improved his once-criticised kicking ability to above the standard of an AFL player. Watson was announced as Essendon captain on 21 December 2009, taking over from retired goalkicker Matthew Lloyd.

Despite Essendon suffering a disappointing 2010 season, winning only seven games and finishing 14th on the AFL ladder, Watson enjoyed a successful first year as captain. He was a consistent performer in an inconsistent season for the Bombers, polling 16 Brownlow votes from a total of 43 received by Essendon players, including a three-vote game in his 100th AFL game, finishing equal-seventh in the 2010 Brownlow Medal count, and having the highest number of votes for a player from a team finishing outside the final eight. Watson was once again awarded the Crichton Medal, earning 291 points, which was 50 points clear of runner-up Heath Hocking.

Watson had a relatively good season in 2011 despite missing six weeks with a hamstring injury, earning 15 Brownlow votes and finishing runner-up in the Crichton Medal, losing out to up-and-coming third-year midfielder David Zaharakis. Watson completed an outstanding 2012 season by winning the Brownlow Medal with 30 votes (though he was later ruled ineligible after being suspended during the Essendon Football Club supplements saga). Along with his third Crichton Medal, he also won a handful of other accolades, including the AFLPA best captain award, the Lou Richards Medal and selection in the 2012 All-Australian team as the centreman. Watson missed three weeks with a broken collarbone in 2013, but had another consistent season, earning 17 Brownlow votes, finishing runner-up in the Crichton Medal to former St Kilda utility (and later successor as captain) Brendon Goddard, and being named on the interchange in the 2013 All-Australian team. Between 2006 and 2013, Watson finished all but one season in the top two for votes for the Crichton Medal.

Watson had a good start to the 2014 season, but he injured his hip flexor in round 12 and consequently missed ten weeks. Watson later returned to play in the final three games of the home-and-away season and Essendon's elimination final loss to North Melbourne. Watson then went on to poll eight Brownlow votes, behind up-and-coming midfielder and future captain Dyson Heppell. Watson was also selected in the Australian team for the first time in his career to play in the 2014 International Rules Series. Watson was among the best players in the one-test series, which Australia won by ten points.

In 2015, despite controversy surrounding the team's lack of fitness (following a compromised pre-season) and a tough first half of the season for Essendon, Watson continued to lead his team well early in the season despite his own injury clouds. In Round 14, Watson played his 200th AFL game in what proved to be a torrid day for the Bombers, as they lost to St Kilda by 110 points. Following that match, Watson was ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury, having injured it the previous week; Watson polled seven Brownlow votes in the first five rounds prior to the injury. He was later banned for the 2016 season as part of the club's supplements saga.

Watson played his first competitive match in over eighteen months – and his first without being captain of the club since 2009 – when he and several of the other Essendon players who served bans in 2016 made their return to the field against Collingwood in the 2017 pre-season. Watson then made a successful return to football with a dominant game against Hawthorn in a 25-point win. On 9 August 2017, with three rounds left in the home-and-away season, Watson announced that he would retire at the end of the season. Watson then played in three of Essendon's last four matches, with his final game coming in the 65-point elimination final loss to Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Watson played 20 games in his final season, which is the most he had played in a season since 2012, to finish on 220 games for Essendon.

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Jobe Watson is engaged! After seven years together, an AFL and Channel Seven actor pops the question to his partner, Virginia Slaghekke

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 7, 2023
Jobe Watson, a former Essendon footballer, has proposed Virginia Slaghekke to his partner. On Thursday, the couple, who are parents to three children named Juniper, Wolf, and Lilou, delightedly revealed news of their engagement, showing Virginia's stunning engagement ring. When they first crossed paths in a New York cafe in 2016, they began to fall in love.

Google drive photos of AFL players

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 6, 2023
New and former AFL players, as well as senior ones, had been coached on the dangers of posting intimate photographs online. Jobe Watson, a former Essendon defender, and others were warned they could 'lose sight' of their private photos,' according to channel 7 commentator and former Essendon player Jobe Watson. 'We were told that even if you believe it is to a private message,' he told Sunrise on Thursday.' "There was a real education piece on how to do it better and to be cautious about what you do provide to others." After the league and the police began circulating on social media, a Google drive file containing photos, videos, and screenshots reportedly starring more than 45 people, including Brownlow medalists, is being investigated by the league and the police.

As he enters the AFL Hall of Fame, Power coach Mark Williams explains the legendary grand final photo

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 28, 2023
Mark Williams, Port Adelaide's youngest AFL premiership coach, has campaigned for Indigenous footballers and won a 'Yes' vote in the Voice referendum. The life-long football champion's vivacious and wide-ranging address at Melbourne's Crown Casino brought the evening's vibrant and varied message. As he gave a moving acceptance address, Joking was given the daunting challenge of following legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney.
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