Gary Ablett Jr.
Gary Ablett Jr. is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. He is the eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame member and former Hawthorn and Geelong player Gary Ablett Sr. Ablett is a dual premiership player, dual Brownlow Medallist, five-time Leigh Matthews Trophy winner, three-time AFLCA champion player of the year award winner and eight-time All-Australian.
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Gary Ablett Jr. is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. Ablett is a dual premiership player, dual Brownlow Medallist, five-time Leigh Matthews Trophy winner, three-time AFLCA champion player of the year award winner and eight-time All-Australian. He is the eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame member and former Hawthorn and Geelong player Gary Ablett Sr. He was drafted to Geelong under the father–son rule in the 2001 national draft. He has since become recognised as one of the all-time great midfielders. Between 2014 and 2018, Ablett played 357 games, the thirteenth-most in VFLAFL history. He won two premierships, two Carji Greeves Medals, a Geelong leading goalkicker award and the 2009 Brownlow Medal at Geelong. At Gold Coast, he was the club’s inaugural captain, holding the role for the club’s first six seasons, and won four Gold Coast Phoenix Club Champion awards and the 2013Brownlow Medal, the first in club’s history. His brother Nathan is also a former Geelong footballer, and is a life member of the club and has been inducted into the Club’s Hall of fame. He also has a younger brother, Nathan Ablett, who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Premier League. He made his senior debut for Geelong in the opening round of the 2002 AFL season, where he gathered 8 disposals and took 4 marks.
In total, he made 21 appearances in total over the course of the career, kicking 35 goals and kicking a career-high 35 goals. He finished the year ranked first at the club for tackles and inside 50s, as well as second for hard-ball gets. Ablett received mid-year State honours for Victoria Country during the 2001 National Championships. After spending one year in the TAC Cup, he entered his name into the 2001 AFL draft at the conclusion of the 2001 season. His selection was met with controversy, as some families of other prospective junior players felt Ablett was chosen on the basis of his famous family heritage rather than footballing merit. However, as the son of a popular and famous football player from Geelong,. Ablett attracted a large following even at junior level. He helped Geelong’s reserves team win the 2002 VFL premiership against Port Melbourne. After achieving premiership success with the reserves team in the previous year, he established his position in the senior side the following season. The following year, Geelong again qualified for the finals series, progressing through to the semi-finals, before a three-point loss to Sydney Sydney. In the 2004 season, he scored 26 goals and appeared in all ofGeelong’s senior fixtures during the 2003 AFL season. He kicked a career high 35 goals during the season and kicked a total of 35 goals in total.
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