Jack Ziebell (born 28 February 1991) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). Ziebell is currently playing for Avondale Heights in the EDFL (Essendon District Football League) Ziebell received a nomination for the 2009 AFL Rising Star award in round 7 of the 2009 season. He was North Melbourne captain from 2017 to 2022.

Early career

Ziebell played for the

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alongside fellow draftee Steele Sidebottom, and was an important part of the Bushrangers premiership win in 2008, averaging 18 possessions, two goals and six marks a match. Ziebell represented Vic Country at the 2008 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships and gained All-Australian Honours after averaging 17 disposals per match.Fox Sports (2008)
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Retrieved 10 December 2008. In his younger years he played local football for Wodonga Bulldogs, where me made his senior debut at just 15 years old. Ziebell is originally from

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, and attended Caulfield Grammar School as a boarding student where he dominated school football. Prior he attended

Wodonga High School Wodonga High School was one of three public secondary schools educating Years 7−12 in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1955, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005 under principal, Peter McLean. In 2005−2006 it formally m ...

AFL career

Ziebell made his debut in 2009, his first season at the club, and had an instant impact. He produced consistently impressive performances over the first two months and was rewarded with the Round 7 NAB Rising Star nomination for his 23 disposal and 1 goal game against Port Adelaide. North Melbourne coach, Danielle Laidley, singled him out in the post-match press conference and declared him a "leader" and a "superstar n the making. Ziebell was regarded as one of the favourites for the 2009 NAB Rising Star award at the time which is awarded to the best rookie at the end of the season. However, Ziebell suffered from minor injuries for the next few weeks and his contributions were restricted. His season took an unfortunate turn when he broke his leg against the Adelaide Crows in round 12. He missed the remainder of the 2009 season, after playing just 10 games. However, due to the injury restricting him from playing, Ziebell has retained eligibility for the Rising Star award in 2010, again making him one of the early favourites. Late in the 2011 season, Ziebell was suspended for three matches for rough conduct on captain Nick Riewoldt. This hit was however featured on the AFL's official advertising campaign for the 2012 AFL season. In December 2016, Ziebell was named North Melbourne's new captain, replacing Andrew Swallow. He remained captain for six years until stepping down before the 2023 season. On 28 July 2023, Ziebell announced he would retire from AFL at the conclusion of the 2023 season. He retired in the second last round of that year, playing his last game against the Richmond Tigers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In his last four years as a player, three of which he was captain, North Melbourne finished the season either last or second last on the ladder. In his first year as an assistant coach at Richmond, the Tigers spiralled to the bottom of the ladder.

Coaching Career

Jack Ziebell joined Richmond as an assistant under Adem Yze.

Statistics

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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Honours and achievements

* North Melbourne captain: 2017–2022 * 22under22 team: 2013 * AFL Rising Star nominee:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziebell, Jack 1991 births Living people North Melbourne Football Club players People educated at Caulfield Grammar School Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Murray Bushrangers players Sportspeople from Wodonga AFL Academy graduates 21st-century Australian sportsmen