Early years
Lin's father, Vitor, an Chinese people in East Timor, East Timorese of Chinese background, fled his country in 1978 at the age of 18 due to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, civil war. He worked and studied in Japan, Macau, Hong Kong, and finally Taiwan, where he met his wife Faye. After marrying, they immigrated to Australia in 1985. Jong was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 4 June 1993. He attended school at Brentwood Secondary College and played with the Glen Waverley Rovers JFC.AFL career
Jong made his debut in Round 20, 2012 AFL season, 2012, against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In 2014, Jong was promoted to the senior list and also signed to a new contract, tying him to the club until the end of 2016. In 2016, Jong cracked his collarbone in the Western Bulldogs' elimination final victory over West Coast Eagles, West Coast. Despite this injury, Jong earned a Norm Goss Memorial Medal seventeen days later by putting in a best-on-ground effort for Western Bulldogs#Reserves team, his club's reserves team in its victory over the Casey Scorpions in the 2016 VFL Grand Final. In a successful ploy to avoid contact with his injury, Jong took inspiration from Footscray legend Charlie Sutton by taping the opposite shoulder. On 7 October 2016, after being linked with and in preceding weeks, Jong re-signed with the Western Bulldogs on a two-year deal. After suffering a serious hamstring injury in Round 6 of the 2021 AFL Season, Jong announced his retirement from the AFL on 4 August 2021.Post-AFL career
At least as early as 2016, Jong had expressed interest in becoming a primary school teacher. In 2017, he had commenced studying to become a primary school teacher, and he had commenced his teaching placement in 2021.References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jong, Lin 1993 births Living people Western Bulldogs players Australian sportspeople of Chinese descent Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian people of East Timorese descent Australian people of Taiwanese descent Oakleigh Chargers players Williamstown Football Club players