Kieren Jack (born 28 June 1987) is a former

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). He was the co-captain of the Sydney Swans, alongside

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from 2013 to 2016.

Early life

Jack was born in

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. The son of former Balmain,

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and

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player

Garry Jack Garry Jack (born 14 March 1961) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He was a representative in the Australian national team and star player with the Balmain Tigers. Jack was a for the Tigers during the late 1980s, and ea ...

, Kieren is the eldest of three brothers raised in the Cherrybrook suburb of

. His younger brothers are Rhys and

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. Kieren was educated at West Pennant Hills Primary School where he played in its AFL team, including the premiership side in 1999. He attended high school at

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. His first experience of Australian rules was in the Paul Kelly Cup in 1998 in primary school playing for the junior

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. He went on to play a key part in premierships with the junior Demons in 1999 and 2000. He played both

(Carlingford Cougars) and Australian rules until 2000 before breaking the news to his father that he wanted to stop playing league to focus on Australian Rules. He was identified by AFL talent scouts and taken by Sydney in the 2005 Rookie Draft from the

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Under 18 team.

AFL career

Before even making his debut, Kieren made news in 2007 as one of four players allegedly involved in an AFL betting scandal, though many criticised the

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's decision to identify him as his was only a $5 bet. He was later promoted from the rookie list. Notable for his tackling and running abilities, he plays as a midfielder for the Swans. In round four, 2008, he gained a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination for his role on

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onballer

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in a match the Swans won by 62 points (their biggest win over the Eagles since 2000). In 2009, he featured in the official advertisement for the AFL, contesting the Australian football against Leon Davis along the floor of on an

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rink. His career year was capped off with taking home the Bob Skilton Medal as the Swans' best and fairest player over Shane Mumford and Josh Kennedy. After a breakthrough season in 2010, Jack struggle through much of 2011 with an ankle injury. He missed 6 games due to injury and was for the most part unable to recapture his form and impact from 2010. He played his 100th AFL game for the Sydney Swans against in Round 11, 2012. He finished 4th in the 2012 Bob Skilton Medal a week after kicking 2 crucial goals in the Swans' Grand Final victory at the

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over the

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. In 2013, Jack was named co-captain of the Sydney Swans, alongside 2012 Premiership Captain,

. This decision was made after previous co-captain

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announced he was stepping down from the position. On 19 August 2019, Jack announced that he would retire at the end of the

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. Along with Heath Grundy he holds the record for most senior games played by an ex-rookie at the Swans, 256.

Personal life

Kieren Jack is married to television journalist and presenter Charlotte Goodlet. In July 2016, it was reported Jack had a falling out with his parents. It was reported that Jack did not invite his parents to his 200th AFL game. Former Swan and radio personality

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criticised Garry Jack and his wife for airing the feud publicly on

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Statistics

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jack, Kieren Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans players Sydney Swans Premiership players 1987 births Living people Bob Skilton Medal winners All-Australians (AFL) Pennant Hills Australian Football Club players Australia international rules football team players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players People educated at Oakhill College