Jayden Schofield (born 14 May 1992) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played 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) for the
Western Bulldogs. He was drafted from the
East Fremantle Football Club
The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval. East Fremantle are the ...
in the
West Australian Football League
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with the 74th selection in the
2010 AFL Draft.
Originally from
Geraldton, where he played for the Railways Football Club in the
Great Northern Football League
The Great Northern Football League is an Australian rules football league centred on the city of Geraldton
Geraldton ( Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of We ...
, Schofield moved to Perth in 2010 to play for East Fremantle in the Colts (Under 18s) team. He was selected in the Western Australian team at the 2010
AFL Under 18 Championships and was named on the half-back flank in the Colts Team of the Year.
He was delisted from the Western Bulldogs senior list at the end of the 2011 season, in order to return home to Western Australia and deal with personal matters. He played seven senior games with the Western Bulldogs.
Dogs delist troubled Jayden Schofield
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References
External links
AFL Draft profile
1992 births
Living people
Western Bulldogs players
East Fremantle Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Geraldton
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