Jarryd Allen (born 14 January 1988) is a former
Australian rules footballer for the
AFL
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's
St Kilda Football Club. He was drafted with the 59th selection by the
Saints in the
2006 AFL draft
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from TAC Cup club, the
Calder Cannons
The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the NAB League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was forme ...
.
On the first of September 2009, he announced his retirement at
St Kilda's best and fairest. In the first quarter of the 2008 Semi Final against
Collingwood, he received a heavy knock to his hip, which required surgery. It was serious enough to sideline him for the entire 2009 season. After what seemed to be a successful rehabilitation, he had
arthroscopy
Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic or keyhole surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a joint in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage is performed using an arthroscope, an endoscope that is inserted into the ...
, which revealed he had lost too much
cartilage in the hip. After 4 senior games, he retired choosing quality of life.
Jarryd is currently an assistant coach at St Mary's Salesian Amateur Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association's Division 2 grade.
He was drafted at pick 49 in the
2010 Rookie draft to fulfill contractual obligations.
Career move pays for James Podsiadly
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1988 births
Living people
St Kilda Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Calder Cannons players