Andrew Newton Jarman (born 14 January 1966) is a former professional
Australian rules football
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er who played for the
Adelaide Football Club
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in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL), and the
North Adelaide Football Club
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and
Norwood Football Club
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in the
South Australian National Football League
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Originally formed as the ...
(SANFL). He is the older brother of Adelaide legend
Darren Jarman
Darren Robert Jarman (born 28 January 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and for the North Adelaide Football Club in the So ...
and has won the
Magarey Medal
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twice.
Career
SANFL
Jarman made his debut with in
1983
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at 17 years of age, and quickly established himself as an elite player with superb skills especially when disposing by handball. He won the first of his two club best and fairest awards in 1985. He capped a superb
1987 season with his first
Magarey Medal
The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by Willia ...
, and played a key role in North Adelaide's premiership victory against . The Tigers were aiming for a third consecutive premiership, and had defeated North in two previous Grand Finals.
After winning his second club best and fairest in 1989, Jarman left the Roosters and joined . He would spend
1990
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with the Redlegs before the formation of the Adelaide Crows in late 1990 saw him one of the first players signed. He would not play another SANFL game until 1994 when he made his return from injury with the Redlegs.
After being one of a number of older players de-listed by the Crows and their new coach
Malcolm Blight
Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian Nati ...
before the
1997 AFL season
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, Jarman returned to the SANFL in 1997 for Norwood. "Jars" enjoyed a carbon-copy of his watershed 1987 season, winning both the Magarey Medal (shared with
Sturt's Brodie Atkinson
Brodie Atkinson (born 31 July 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Atkinson joined the North Adelaide Football Club in 1990 ...
, another former North Adelaide player) and his second Premiership win as Norwood defeated
Port Adelaide
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in the Grand Final.
In 2001 Jarman was named in the centre position of the North Adelaide Football Club Team of the Century and awarded Life Membership in 2006.
In 2007 Jarman was inducted into the
South Australian Football Hall of Fame
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The Hall of Fame was established in 2002 when 114 outstanding individuals became inaugural inductees.
S ...
.
AFL
Inevitably, the Jarman brothers attracted the interest of clubs in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL). Jarman's patience was rewarded when entered the League, now known as the AFL, and he became one of the first players signed by coach
Graham Cornes
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. Ironically, the Round 1 debut for both himself and the fledgling club pitted him against his brother
Darren Jarman
Darren Robert Jarman (born 28 January 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and for the North Adelaide Football Club in the So ...
who was making his AFL debut with . The Crows went on to win the game by 86 points 24.11 (155) to 9.15 (69). Jarman was listed among the best afield; he gathered 29 disposals (15 kicks and 14 handpasses), took four marks and kicked a goal. For his efforts, he earned three
Brownlow Medal
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votes.
The
1996 AFL season
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, the centenary year of the League, would turn out to be Jarman's last. The season started out spectacularly enough, especially as younger brother
Darren
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had moved back to Adelaide from Hawthorn. In Round 2 against at
Whitten Oval
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, the Jarman brothers put on a memorable performance; they kicked 14 of the team's 21 goals – Darren kicked eight, Andrew six. Strangely, neither of them earned a single Brownlow vote. But Adelaide's form dropped sharply in the middle of the season, and after losing to in Adelaide in Round 13, Jarman was dropped. When the late withdrawal of Matt Collins opened up a place in the side, he declined to join the team in Melbourne and instead played for Norwood.
Jarman was fined and suspended. The club's decision not to sack him outright took into account his five-and-a-half years of service, 100-plus games and the recent awarding of life membership.
After six successful seasons with the Crows, Jarman was one of the high-profile senior players delisted at the end of the 1996 season following the arrival of coach
Malcolm Blight
Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian Nati ...
. Jarman was awarded Life Membership of the club shortly afterward. Despite speculation that Jarman would be named on
Port Adelaide
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's inaugural AFL list for season 1997 this did not eventuate.
Jarman was named in the centre position of the
Adelaide Crows Team of the Decade in 2000.
State of Origin
Andrew Jarman had a prolific
State of Origin
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career for
South Australia
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, winning the
Fos Williams Medal
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on 5 occasions, (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1994), and playing in 2
State of Origin Carnival
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Championships.
Jarman was rewarded for his efforts in State games for South Australia with his selection in the
All-Australian team
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in 1986 and 1987.
Jarman was a big supporter of State of Origin, and spoke passionately about South Australia's rivalry with
Victoria
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, quoted as saying "it was the Mother of all battles".
Coaching career
In 2004, Jarman returned to his first club as senior coach. They had finished at the bottom of the ladder in
2003
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, but in his first year in charge, Jarman coached the Roosters to their first finals campaign in seven years. Under Jarman's coaching the Roosters showed continual improvement, finishing 5th in 2004, 4th in 2005, 3rd in 2006, 2nd in 2007 then 7th in 2008. On 10 September 2008 Andrew Jarman was sacked as coach of North Adelaide following the club's fall from 2nd to 7th in one season.
In October 2008, Jarman was appointed senior coach of in the
Western Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...
(WAFL), replacing
Simon Eastaugh.
It was hoped that Jarman would be able to repeat his efforts in lifting a struggling team into finals contention.
[ Despite a respectable finish, Perth failed to make the finals in their first season with Jarman as senior coach. After a last place finish in 2010 and on the verge of being dismissed, Jarman returned to South Australia where he now works on radio.
Jarman was appointed coach of the Ironbank in the HFL on October the 17th 2013.
]
Criticism of SANFL
In September 2012, Jarman called for a wide-ranging review of the SANFL in the face of falling crowd numbers, the SANFL on the verge of selling its two AFL licenses and searching for a new football general manager.
He also called for a return to an attacking style of football, citing the negative, defensive style of play in the low scoring semi-final between and as damaging to the brand of South Australian football:
''From an outsider looking in, I thought it hurt the integrity of our competition because it's about entertainment. I understand the mandate for clubs is to win and win at all costs, but these coaches have a moral responsibility to play attacking, entertaining, tough, one-on-one contested footy with good skill. They have a responsibility to the competition. I know I've had my day and my philosophies are different to theirs. But 10,000 people turned up (to the above-mentioned semi-final) and that type of footy would get 5000 the next week because half of them won't turn up.''
The grand final between Norwood and West Adelaide had a crowd of 29,661.
Personal life
Jarman met his wife Marion Wood for the first time in 1986. She had gone to school with Jarman's cousin and accepted an invitation to meet him. Not being a football fan, it was not until some weeks later when she saw his picture in a football magazine, that she realized who he was. They married in 1989, and have one son, Stefan, and two daughters, Charlie and Riley.[Mensforth, 1994, p. 81]
References
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SA Football Hall of Fame profile
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Adelaide Football Club players
North Adelaide Football Club players
Norwood Football Club players
All-Australians (1953–1988)
Magarey Medal winners
South Australian State of Origin players
Perth Football Club coaches
North Adelaide Football Club coaches
Australian rules footballers from Adelaide
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
1966 births
Living people
Australia international rules football team players