Glen Darren Jakovich (born 24 March 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the

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in the Australian Football League (AFL). Jakovich was recruited from South Fremantle in the

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(WAFL), where he became a regular senior player at centre half-forward at sixteenStocks, Gary; "Jakovich Pedigree Breeds a Bulldog"; ''

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'', 17 April 1989, p. 141 and played his fiftieth match at eighteen. In 1990, he played a total of 46 matches for his school, Hamilton Senior High School, South Fremantle, and the Western Australian state side at three levels; under-19s in the

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, and the

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team. He debuted for the Eagles in 1991 and played for the club in the centre half-back position and the number 27 guernsey. He was selected in that position in the

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of 1994 and 1995. He was notable for his duels with rival centre half-forward, North Melbourne Football Club's

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. Carey was considered to be one of the best of all time, and the contests between these two were highly anticipated events on the football calendar. Jakovich also had a rivalry with Geelong Football Club All-Australian centre half-forward Barry Stoneham- Along with Carey this rivalry was highly anticipated when West Coast played Geelong. After undergoing a

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in 1996 he was unable to recapture his superlative form of the previous three years. Although still able to win his club's best and fairest award in 2000, he was not the imposing player of the past. His brother

Allen Jakovich Allen John Jakovich () (born 21 March 1968) is a retired Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for ...

was a

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for the Melbourne Football Club. During their career, the two brothers lined up against each other on more than one occasion. Another brother, Gary, had played with South Fremantle during the early 1980s. Glen was taller than his brother at 193 cm, but at 100 kg, both brothers were similarly solid in build. Jackovich represented his state of Western Australia several times, in State of Origin. Jakovich has described that playing for his state, was one of his fondest memories in football. In 2003, Jakovich was selected as the

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's goalkeeper for the 2003 International Rules Series in Australia. Although the series was tied at one test win apiece, Australia won the series with a 101–94 aggregate score. Glen Jakovich retired from football in 2004, kicking three goals in a win over Sydney Swans in his last game. Jakovich was the Eagles' games played record holder from 2003, when he overtook

Guy McKenna Guy Lindsay McKenna (born 11 May 1969) is a retired Australian rules football player and the former senior coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). McKenna played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, inclu ...

's 267 games, until

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surpassed him in 2014. Jakovich was an expert commentator on

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and 882 6PR, but now broadcasts from Western Australia for

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Melbourne. In 2008 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and the

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. He was an inaugural inductee in the West Coast Eagles Hall of Fame in 2011. Jakovich is married to Emily and they have three children. He is a second generation Australian of Croatian heritage.

Statistics

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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

, , 48 , , 16 , , 8 , , 8 , , 178 , , 94 , , 272 , , 69 , , 12 , , 83 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 11.1 , , 5.9 , , 17.0 , , 4.3 , , 0.8 , , 5.2 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;", 1992† , , 27 , , 24 , , 7 , , 8 , , 277 , , 128 , , 405 , , 99 , , 36 , , 68 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 11.5 , , 5.3 , , 16.9 , , 4.1 , , 1.5 , , 2.8 , , 10 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

, , 27 , , 22 , , 3 , , 4 , , 297 , , 96 , , 393 , , 104 , , 20 , , 44 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 13.5 , , 4.4 , , 17.9 , , 4.7 , , 0.9 , , 2.0 , , 6 , - , style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;",

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

† , , 27 , , 25 , , 2 , , 4 , , 359 , , 137 , , 496 , , 130 , , 18 , , 38 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 14.4 , , 5.5 , , 19.8 , , 5.2 , , 0.7 , , 1.5 , , 12 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

, , 27 , , 24 , , 1 , , 1 , , 298 , , 153 , , 451 , , 107 , , 25 , , 43 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 12.4 , , 6.4 , , 18.8 , , 4.5 , , 1.0 , , 1.8 , , 9 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 1996 , , 27 , , 12 , , 1 , , 5 , , 161 , , 72 , , 233 , , 44 , , 11 , , 40 , , 0.1 , , 0.4 , , 13.4 , , 6.0 , , 19.4 , , 3.7 , , 0.9 , , 3.3 , , 4 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, , 27 , , 16 , , 3 , , 2 , , 187 , , 92 , , 279 , , 66 , , 19 , , 24 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 11.7 , , 5.8 , , 17.4 , , 4.1 , , 1.2 , , 1.5 , , 2 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, , 27 , , 21 , , 1 , , 4 , , 222 , , 117 , , 339 , , 79 , , 20 , , 62 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , 10.6 , , 5.6 , , 16.1 , , 3.8 , , 1.0 , , 3.0 , , 5 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

, , 27 , , 23 , , 4 , , 0 , , 307 , , 129 , , 436 , , 85 , , 15 , , 68 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 13.3 , , 5.6 , , 19.0 , , 3.7 , , 0.7 , , 3.0 , , 5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, , 27 , , 22 , , 4 , , 7 , , 333 , , 93 , , 426 , , 102 , , 25 , , 35 , , 0.2 , , 0.3 , , 15.1 , , 4.2 , , 19.4 , , 4.6 , , 1.1 , , 1.6 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2001 , , 27 , , 22 , , 4 , , 2 , , 216 , , 107 , , 323 , , 87 , , 31 , , 45 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 9.8 , , 4.9 , , 14.7 , , 4.0 , , 1.4 , , 2.0 , , 1 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2002 , , 27 , , 22 , , 3 , , 1 , , 251 , , 99 , , 350 , , 81 , , 26 , , 18 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 11.4 , , 4.5 , , 15.9 , , 3.7 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 8 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2003 , , 27 , , 21 , , 14 , , 15 , , 191 , , 92 , , 283 , , 93 , , 24 , , 6 , , 0.7 , , 0.7 , , 9.1 , , 4.4 , , 13.5 , , 4.4 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2004 , , 27 , , 6 , , 5 , , 7 , , 46 , , 22 , , 68 , , 25 , , 7 , , 3 , , 0.8 , , 1.2 , , 7.7 , , 3.7 , , 11.3 , , 4.2 , , 1.2 , , 0.5 , , 0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 276 ! 60 ! 68 ! 3323 ! 1431 ! 4754 ! 1171 ! 289 ! 577 ! 0.2 ! 0.2 ! 12.0 ! 5.2 ! 17.2 ! 4.2 ! 1.0 ! 2.1 ! 65

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jakovich, Glen 1973 births Living people South Fremantle Football Club players West Coast Eagles players West Coast Eagles Premiership players Western Australian State of Origin players John Worsfold Medal winners All-Australians (AFL) Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Western Australia West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian people of Croatian descent Australia international rules football team players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players