Jeremy Sharp (born 13 August 2001) is an

Australian rules footballer 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 ...

who plays for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

, having previously played for the

Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast in the ...

in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by the

with the 27th draft pick in the

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Early life

Sharp was born in

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and grew up in the riverside

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suburb of Attadale. He participated in the

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program at Attadale and played his junior football for the Attadale Bombers and attended Aquinas College throughout his upbringing. He also played for

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in the

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colts division, where he played six games and kicked 3 goals. Sharp represented Western Australia in the

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in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. He was named in the Under 18 All Australian team for 2018 and 2019.

AFL career

Sharp was taken at pick 27 in the

, in a live trade with

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where Gold Coast swapped their future mid-first round selection and pick 64 for pick 27. It was the second 'live trade' to occur in the

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. Sharp debuted in the Suns' four point loss to St Kilda in the 10th round of the

2020 AFL season The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featur ...

. On his debut, Sharp picked up 9 disposals and a mark. Sharp was nominated for the

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award after his performance in round 18 against , where he collected 30 disposals and 10 marks in a career-best performance. Sharp spent the entirety of the

2023 AFL season The 2023 AFL season was the 127th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 16 March to 30 September, comprising a 23-m ...

playing for Gold Coast's reserve team in the

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, where he averaged 21.3 disposals from 19 games. He was a part of the club's inaugural VFL grand final win against the

Werribee Tigers The Werribee Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in the suburb of Werribee. The club was formed in 1964 and currently plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It is the western-most Melbourne-base ...

. Following the 2023 season he was delisted by Gold Coast before joining the

, who had shown interest in Sharp the season prior. Jeremy made his debut for Fremantle in their opening game of the

2024 AFL season The 2024 AFL season was the 128th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 7 March to 28 September, comprising ...

against the at

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, collecting eighteen disposals and eight inside 50's during the 23 point win. He collected thirteen disposals the next week against , and kicked an important goal in the final quarter. Sharp was again impressive in Fremantle's narrow loss to during the

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, collecting 29 disposals, seven inside 50s and kicking a goal. He finished his first season at the Dockers having played every game.

Personal life

His grandfather, Ken Holt, is a member of the

East Fremantle Football Club The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks and colloquially referred to as East Freo, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team's home ground is Eas ...

's Hall of Fame and represented Western Australia at the state level throughout his career.

Statistics

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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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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharp, Jeremy 2001 births Living people Gold Coast Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia East Fremantle Football Club players People educated at Aquinas College, Perth Fremantle Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players