Jason Winderlich (born 10 October 1984) is a former professional
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 the
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...
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).
AFL career
Originally from
Thorpdale, Victoria
Thorpdale is a town in the Gippsland area of eastern Victoria in the Shire of Baw Baw. Famous for its potatoes, it is located amongst the rich farmland of the Latrobe Valley. Thorpdale spuds are eaten around the country and also exported oversea ...
,
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/ref> he was drafted in the first round of the 2002 AFL Draft from the Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup.
In June 2008, after playing 26 games in a season and a half, he underwent back surgery to repair a prolapsed disc, missing the rest of the year. He returned the following season to have one of his best seasons,best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
award.
In round 4, 2011 Winderlich suffered a serious ACL injury which ended his 2011 season.
In August 2014, Winderlich announced he would retire at seasons end; however, after the end of the Essendon's finals campaign, it was publicly revealed that he was contemplating playing on. After reports he had chosen to continue his career at , Winderlich announced in October that he would be staying with Essendon to continue his career. He managed only one match for 2015 due to a back injury, and he announced his proper retirement in September.
Statistics
:2003
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, , , 8 , , 3 , , 2 , , 0 , , 11 , , 7 , , 18 , , 7 , , 6 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 3.7 , , 2.3 , , 6.0 , , 2.3 , , 2.0
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2004 AFL season, 2004
, , , 8 , , 6 , , 1 , , 1 , , 23 , , 15 , , 38 , , 14 , , 10 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 3.8 , , 2.5 , , 6.3 , , 2.3 , , 1.7
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2005 AFL season, 2005
, , , 8 , , 12 , , 4 , , 2 , , 59 , , 54 , , 113 , , 35 , , 19 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 4.9 , , 4.5 , , 9.4 , , 2.9 , , 1.6
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2006 AFL season, 2006
, , , 8 , , 9 , , 3 , , 0 , , 58 , , 47 , , 105 , , 49 , , 18 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 6.4 , , 5.2 , , 11.7 , , 5.4 , , 2.0
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2007 AFL season, 2007
, , , 8 , , 17 , , 6 , , 6 , , 190 , , 130 , , 320 , , 132 , , 40 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 11.2 , , 7.6 , , 18.8 , , 7.8 , , 2.4
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2008 AFL season, 2008
, , , 8 , , 9 , , 5 , , 2 , , 81 , , 74 , , 155 , , 44 , , 20 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 9.0 , , 8.2 , , 17.2 , , 4.9 , , 2.2
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2009 AFL season, 2009
, , , 8 , , 19 , , 17 , , 8 , , 191 , , 196 , , 387 , , 122 , , 81 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 10.0 , , 10.3 , , 20.4 , , 6.4 , , 4.3
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2010 AFL season, 2010
, , , 8 , , 19 , , 2 , , 12 , , 186 , , 232 , , 418 , , 99 , , 92 , , 0.1 , , 0.6 , , 9.8 , , 12.2 , , 22.0 , , 5.2 , , 4.8
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2011 AFL season, 2011
, , , 8 , , 4 , , 6 , , 0 , , 19 , , 26 , , 45 , , 10 , , 8 , , 1.5 , , 0.0 , , 4.8 , , 6.5 , , 11.2 , , 2.5 , , 2.0
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2012 AFL season, 2012
, , , 8 , , 2 , , 5 , , 0 , , 14 , , 8 , , 22 , , 10 , , 4 , , 2.5 , , 0.0 , , 7.0 , , 4.0 , , 11.0 , , 5.0 , , 2.0
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2013 AFL season, 2013
, , , 8 , , 12 , , 17 , , 8 , , 103 , , 74 , , 177 , , 79 , , 30 , , 1.4 , , 0.7 , , 8.6 , , 6.2 , , 14.8 , , 6.6 , , 2.5
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2014 AFL season, 2014
, , , 8 , , 16 , , 15 , , 8 , , 123 , , 110 , , 233 , , 75 , , 35 , , 0.9 , , 0.5 , , 7.7 , , 6.9 , , 14.6 , , 4.7 , , 2.2
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2015 AFL season, 2015
, , , 8 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , , 4 , , 6 , , 1 , , 3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.0 , , 4.0 , , 6.0 , , 1.0 , , 3.0
, - class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3, Career
! 129
! 83
! 47
! 1060
! 977
! 2037
! 677
! 366
! 0.6
! 0.4
! 8.2
! 7.6
! 15.8
! 5.2
! 2.8
References
External links
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Essendon Football Club players
1984 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Gippsland Power players
Bendigo Football Club players