Jonathan Simpkin (born 28 October 1987) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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and

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in the

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(AFL). Nicknamed "Joffa", his younger brother,

Tom Simpkin Tom Simpkin (born 7 August 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Playing career Simpkin was recruited with the 29th pick in the 2009 r ...

was also a professional Australian rules footballer who played for .

AFL career

Sydney

Originally from

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, Simpkin was first

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ed by the

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with the 16th selection in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft after playing junior football for the

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in the

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. Simpkin spend the 2006 and 2007 season playing for the

reserves team that won the 2006 and 2007

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premierships. Despite being elevated to their senior list for the 2007 season, he was delisted by the Swans at the end of the 2007 season without having played in the AFL. He trained for a period late in 2007 with but was not drafted to their squad.

Geelong

He returned to play for the Colac Tigers in the

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. During 2008 he also managed to play 8 games for Geelong in the

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(VFL) on permits. In 2009, he was a full-time member of the Geelong (VFL) squad and in 2010 he represented the VFL against WAFL. In December 2010 in the 2011 Rookie Draft he was then selected by Geelong. He continued to play for Geelong in the VFL and despite performing well consistently throughout the season, winning the team's

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award, he was unable to break into the AFL side. Prior to round 9 of the

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, Simpkin was promoted off the rookie list as a replacement for Nathan Vardy. He then made his debut against , coming on as the substitute player at three-quarter time. Simpkin again won the Geelong (VFL) best and fairest award in 2012 and also was part of the winning Geelong (VFL) premiership side the same year. Geelong had to reduce the number of rookies from six to four because of new AFL rules, so they decided not to re-new his contract and that he became eligible to be on the AFL Delisted Free Agency list.

Hawthorn

Hawthorn secured former rookie Jonathan Simpkin during the 2012 AFL Delisted Free Agency Period. He played his first game for Hawthorn against in Adelaide, South Australia, in round six 2013 and finished the season with 13 games. Owing to injury to Brendan Whitecross he was selected for Hawthorn's grand final team and was subbed on at three quarter time winning a premiership medal when the Hawks defeated Fremantle, in his first season at the club. He also played in Box Hill's VFL premiership team winning the Norm Goss Memorial Medal for his best on ground performance that day. Simpkin played only one AFL game for Hawthorn in 2015 (a round 7 win over Melbourne) and he was delisted In October.

Essendon

In January 2016, Simpkin signed with the

as a "top-up" player due to the supplements controversy.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player ():

* Minor premiership ():

* VFL premiership player ( Geelong VFL): 2012 * VFL premiership player ( Box Hill): 2013 * Minor premiership ( Box Hill):

Individual *

Norm Goss Memorial Medal The Norm Goss Memorial Medal is awarded to the player judged to be the best afield in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier r ...

: 2013 * 2× Geelong (VFL) best and fairest: 2011, 2012 * Col Austen Trophy: 2015

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpkin, Jonathan 1987 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players Geelong Football Club players Geelong Falcons players Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club premiership players Box Hill Football Club players People from Colac, Victoria VFL/AFL premiership players