Cruize Garlett (born 6 March 1989) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL) between 2009 and 2012.

Playing career

Early career

Garlett played his early football for Railways in Northam before moving to

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

in the

West 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, ...

. With Perth Garlett played six matches in 2007.

AFL career

As a result of his form for Perth Garlett was selected as a rookie by North Melbourne in the 2008 Rookie Draft. He was delisted in October 2012.

Personal

He is the second cousin of

Jeff Garlett Jeffrey Garlett (born 3 August 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is of Indigenous descent. Background Garlett ...

of the

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

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* 1989 births Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football North Melbourne Football Club players People from Northam, Western Australia North Ballarat Football Club players Living people Perth Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub