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 Brandon. Kieren was educated at West Pennant Hills Primary School where he played in its AFL team, including the premiership side in 1999. 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 AFL'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 4, 2008, he gained a NAB

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nomination for his role on

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onballer Daniel Kerr in a match the Swans won by 62 points (their biggest win over the Eagles since 2000). 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 struggled 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 Hawthorn Hawks. 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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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 and that he did not invite his parents to his 200th AFL game. Former Swan and radio personality

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

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Statistics

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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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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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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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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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jack, Kieren 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 VFL/AFL premiership players People educated at Oakhill College Australian rules footballers from Sydney 21st-century Australian sportsmen