Jarrod Cotton (born 3 April 1976) is a former

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er who played with

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in the

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(AFL). A half forward flanker originally from

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(SANFL) team Central District, Cotton played in consecutive losing SANFL Grand Finals in 1995 and 1996. He was recruited by Port Adelaide as a zone selection in their inaugural league season in 1997. Cotton made his senior AFL debut against

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in round 10 1997 and kicked two goals. He made three further appearances that season but was unable to break into Port's side in

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and was delisted at the end of the year. Cotton transferred from Central District to fellow SANFL club Norwood in 1999 and played in another grand final loss that season. Cotton topped Norwood's goal-kicking in 2002 with 42 goals before crossing to a third SANFL club,

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(QAFL) side

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in 2004, which he both played for and assistant coached. Following his retirement from playing, Cotton returned to South Australia and was appointed caretaker coach of Norwood Football Club for the final seven rounds of the 2009 SANFL season, following the resignation of coach Trevor Hill.'' The Advertiser'
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7 July 2009, Warren Partland Cotton spent 2 years as a development coach at the Adelaide Crows before returning to Norwood as Director of coaching. At the end of the 2016 season, Cotton was appointed head coach of Norwood following the departure of premiership coach Ben Warren. In the latter stages of the 2018

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season he extended his contract at Norwood, keeping him at the club until 2021. He now a coach for Port Adelaide SANFL team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cotton, Jarrod 1976 births Australian rules footballers from South Australia Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Central District Football Club players South Adelaide Football Club players Mount Gravatt Football Club players Norwood Football Club players Norwood Football Club coaches Living people