Jarryd Allen (born 14 January 1988) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er for the
AFL's
St Kilda Football Club. He was drafted with the 59th selection by the
Saints in the
2006 AFL draft from TAC Cup club, the
Calder Cannons.
On the first of September 2009, he announced his retirement at
St Kilda's best and fairest. In the first quarter of the 2008 Semi Final against
Collingwood, he received a heavy knock to his hip, which required surgery. It was serious enough to sideline him for the entire 2009 season. After what seemed to be a successful rehabilitation, he had
arthroscopy, which revealed he had lost too much
cartilage in the hip. After 4 senior games, he retired choosing quality of life.
Jarryd is currently an assistant coach at St Mary's Salesian Amateur Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association's Division 2 grade.
He was drafted at pick 49 in the
2010 Rookie draft to fulfill contractual obligations.
Career move pays for James Podsiadly
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1988 births
Living people
St Kilda Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Calder Cannons players
21st-century Australian sportsmen