1. Jackson Macrae was born on 3 August 1994 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.
121 Facts About Jack Macrae
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Jack Macrae previously played for the Western Bulldogs Football Club.
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Jack Macrae played top-level junior football with the Oakleigh Chargers in the NAB League and Vic Metro in the AFL Under 18 Championships.
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Jack Macrae previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2013 to 2024 and was in the 2016 premiership team.
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Jack Macrae made his debut the following year in 2013.
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Jack Macrae received a nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award in round 8 of the 2013 season.
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Jack Macrae has polled a total of 106 Brownlow Medal votes in his career, and holds the all-time league record for most disposals in a season.
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Jack Macrae is the second son to father David and mother Rosie.
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Jack Macrae played junior football for the Kew Rovers in the Yarra Junior Football League.
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Jack Macrae was not selected to play for the Oakleigh Chargers in his bottom age year, meaning he had to continue playing school football.
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Jack Macrae hired former Carlton player Ian Aitken to improve his kicking technique after he completed Year 11, which he said helped him become a 'more damaging kick'.
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Jack Macrae was selected to play for the Oakleigh Chargers in the NAB League in 2012, and quickly became an integral part of their team.
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Jack Macrae was then named best on ground in the Chargers' 83-point preliminary final demolition of the North Ballarat Rebels, where he kicked 3 goals.
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Jack Macrae was named as the Oakleigh Chargers' best finals player, after averaging 28 disposals a game during the finals series, and came third in the club's best and fairest count with 68 votes, 15 votes away from obtaining first place.
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Jack Macrae was selected to play for Vic Metro in the AFL Under 18 Championships, where he played every game.
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Jack Macrae cemented his reputation as a dangerous player and boosted his draft chances after a six-goal game against Tasmania, including four goals in one quarter, claiming the best on ground title for that match.
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Jack Macrae was predicted to be taken anywhere in the 2012 AFL draft between pick 6 and pick 13.
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Jack Macrae was recruited to the Bulldogs with the sixth selection in the 2012 AFL Draft, one pick behind future premiership forward Jake Stringer.
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On his debut, Jack Macrae kicked his first goal, and collected 16 disposals, 4 tackles and 3 clearances.
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Jack Macrae was awarded the round 8 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star after collecting 26 disposals, 5 marks and 4 tackles in the Western Bulldogs' 32-point defeat to Gold Coast.
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Jack Macrae had one of his best games for the season in the Western Bulldogs' round thirteen 60-point loss to Richmond, collecting a season best 27 disposals, as well as 3 marks, a tackle and three clearances.
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Jack Macrae started out the season with an impressive performance that saw him named best on ground in the Western Bulldogs' 65-point loss to West Coast.
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Jack Macrae gathered 31 disposals, breaking his personal best from the 2013 season, and got 2 goals, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
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Just two rounds later, Jack Macrae was again named best on ground in the team's 2-point win over Richmond.
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Jack Macrae collected 30 disposals, 1 goal, 9 marks and 6 tackles.
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Jack Macrae stamped his mark on the AFL in the Western Bulldogs' 28-point victory against Gold Coast in Round 17, becoming the youngest player to record 40 or more disposals in a game.
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Jack Macrae gathered 43 disposals while kicking 2 goals, taking 6 marks and 5 tackles.
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Jack Macrae was named best on ground, and received lots of praise for his effort.
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Jack Macrae followed up his incredible performance with another solid 32 disposal effort the next round in the Western Bulldogs' 7-point loss to Essendon.
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Jack Macrae collected 1 goal, 7 marks and 4 tackles.
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Jack Macrae was rewarded for his stellar second season with the Doug Hawkins Medal, awarded to the player who places runner up in the Western Bulldogs best and fairest voting.
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Jack Macrae collected 168 votes, 67 votes behind first-placed Tom Liberatore.
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Jack Macrae claimed the Tony Liberatore Most Improved Player Award.
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Jack Macrae was named in the preliminary squad of the 22 Under 22 team, but narrowly missed out on making the team.
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Jack Macrae collected the highest number of Brownlow votes out of any Bulldog that season, with a total of ten.
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Jack Macrae picked up the maximum best on ground 3 votes twice, in Rounds 3 and 17, and picked up 2 votes twice in Rounds 12 and 18.
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Jack Macrae backed up his previous season with another solid season, averaging 26 disposals a game.
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Jack Macrae collected 31 disposals and 8 marks in his impressive performance.
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Jack Macrae was again kept out of the senior team in round 8, despite a 37 disposal, 6 tackle game for the reserves team the previous week.
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Jack Macrae had one of his best performances for the season in the team's 22-point win against Gold Coast in the 15th round of the season, after he collected 33 disposals, 1 goal, 2 behinds and 10 marks.
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Jack Macrae earned another 3 Brownlow votes in his best on ground performance after he played his 50th career game in the Western Bulldogs' 64-point sweep over Port Adelaide in the 19th round of the 2015 AFL season.
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Jack Macrae placed in 8th position in the Charles Sutton Medal, 76 votes behind first-placed Easton Wood.
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Jack Macrae improved on his Brownlow performance slightly from the previous year, obtaining 11 votes, putting him at second place in the club and 27th overall.
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Jack Macrae picked up maximum votes twice, in Rounds 12 and 19, as well as 2 votes in rounds 14 and 15, and 1 vote in round 10.
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Jack Macrae enjoyed another consistent season in 2016, averaging 27.6 disposals throughout his 22 games in the Bulldogs' fairytale season, where they broke a 62-year premiership drought from 7th place on the ladder.
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Jack Macrae never had under 20 disposals in a game that season, highlighting his consistency.
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Jack Macrae started out the season with a bang, collecting 30 disposals and kicking a goal in the Western Bulldogs' 65-point annihilation of Fremantle in the opening round, getting named as one of the team's best players that match.
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Jack Macrae contributed with 5 marks, 4 tackles and 3 inside 50s.
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Jack Macrae had two of his best games for the season in the 6th and 11th 2016 rounds respectively, getting 33 disposals in each game.
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Jack Macrae earned 1 Brownlow vote for his performance in Round 11, his only vote that season.
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Jack Macrae was named as one of the Bulldogs' best players in the team's round ten 21-point victory over Collingwood, collecting 32 disposals, 6 marks, and a season high 10 tackles.
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Jack Macrae tore a hamstring tendon in the Western Bulldogs' 25-point loss against Geelong in Round 19, a devastating blow for Jack Macrae and the team, who were close to finals.
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Jack Macrae would go on to become one of the Bulldogs' key players in their amazing finals campaign, averaging 30 disposals a game throughout the finals series.
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Jack Macrae had his best game for the season in the Western Bulldogs' 23-point victory against Hawthorn in the semi-final, as he racked up 39 possessions and was influential in the Bulldogs' second-half demolition of a team they had previously never beaten in finals, and had not beaten since the 2010 season.
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Jack Macrae was named as one of the best on ground, behind Bulldogs star Marcus Bontempelli.
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Jack Macrae finished equal 7th in the Charles Sutton Medal voting with first-year player Caleb Daniel, with a total of 185 votes, 234 votes behind first-placed Marcus Bontempelli.
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Jack Macrae was named in the preliminary 22 Under 22 squad, but missed out on making the final 22.
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The 2017 AFL season saw Jack Macrae rapidly rise to the top of the Bulldogs midfield, improving his midfield work.
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Jack Macrae played every game of the season and averaged 27.5 disposals a game, while gathering 30 or more disposals in 8 games.
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Jack Macrae had a similarly good performance just two rounds later in Round 8, where he was named as one of the Bulldogs' best, collecting 32 disposals, 1 behind, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
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Round 12 saw Jack Macrae be named as one of the Bulldogs' few good players in a 46-point loss to Sydney.
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Jack Macrae took 32 disposals, a team high for that game, and 5 marks and 4 tackles.
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Jack Macrae got better as the season went on, having one of his best performances in the Dogs' thrilling 1-point victory over North Melbourne in the 14th round, where he gathered 32 disposals, 5 clearances and 10 tackles.
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In round 17, Jack Macrae earned 2 Brownlow votes and collected above 30 disposals in the Western Bulldogs' 20-point win over Carlton.
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Jack Macrae was named again as one of the best in Round 20, collecting 32 disposals againast Brisbane Lions.
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Jack Macrae hit his highest disposals count for the season after a best-on-team performance in the team's loss against Port Adelaide in Round 22, collecting 41 disposals.
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Jack Macrae earned two Brownlow votes for his performance in Round 23, after collecting 33 disposals, 3 marks and 7 tackles in the team's 9-point loss to Hawthorn.
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Jack Macrae finished third in the Charles Sutton Medal voting for 2017, winning the Gary Dempsey medal awarded to third place in the Bulldogs' best and fairest voting.
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Jack Macrae tallied up a total of 155 votes, 30 behind back-to-back winner Marcus Bontempelli.
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Jack Macrae recorded 8 Brownlow votes, thrice getting 2 votes and getting 1 vote twice.
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In November that year, Jack Macrae signed a long term four-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2022.
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Jack Macrae stood up for his team in 2018, moving into the elite category of footballers.
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Jack Macrae got named as the best Bulldog on ground in his 100th game against Greater Western Sydney in Round 1 of the 2018 AFL season.
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Jack Macrae gathered 31 disposals, 1 behind, 5 marks and 6 tackles.
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Jack Macrae had close to his best game for the season in Round 2, where the Bulldogs were outdone by a formidable Eagles team by 51-points.
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Jack Macrae had two impressive back to back perfromrnaces in Rounds 7 and 8, getting a combine total of 87 disposals in those two games.
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Jack Macrae was given three Brownlow Medal votes for his performance.
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Jack Macrae was named best on ground and received another 3 Brownlow votes.
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Jack Macrae broke his record for most tackles in the next game with 13 tackles, a game high which saw him get named as the Bulldogs' best player on ground for the third game in a row.
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Jack Macrae suffered a low-grade hamstring strain in the Western Bulldogs' 57-point loss to Port Adelaide in the 14th round of the season.
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Jack Macrae returned to the team in Round 17, and collected 33 disposals in his first game back, which saw him named as the Bulldogs' best.
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Jack Macrae was named in the preliminary squad of the 2018 All-Australian team, but missed out on making the final squad, which many considered unlucky due to his incredible performance all year.
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Jack Macrae received the Doug Hawkins medal for the second time in his career after placing just 1 vote behind Lachie Hunter in the Western Bulldogs Charles Sutton Medal voting, tallying 190 votes over 19 games that season.
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Jack Macrae won the John Van Groningen Domestique award for 2018, awarded to the player who places the team above themselves in games.
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Jack Macrae secured 14 votes in the 2018 Brownlow Medal, placing equal-19th in the count.
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Jack Macrae had his most successful season to date in 2019 being selected in the All-Australian team and being placed high in the Brownlow Medal count at the end of the year.
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The pre-season saw him work hard to improve his skillset, stating "I pride myself on my performance year-in, year-out and there's still so many areas for myself to improve which is really exciting," Jack Macrae had 36 disposals and a goal in the second round of the year, which saw the Western Bulldogs pull off a major comeback in the final quarter to defeat Hawthorn.
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Round 20 saw Jack Macrae earn 2 Brownlow Medal votes in a dominant display over the Brisbane Lions, where he set his disposals record for that season at 45.
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Jack Macrae collected 4 marks, 7 tackles and 12 clearances.
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Jack Macrae kicked 1 goal, and collected 38 disposals, 2 marks and 8 tackles.
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The 34-point win over Adelaide saw Jack Macrae collect 1 goal, 35 disposals, 4 marks and 8 clearances.
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Jack Macrae was named as the Bulldogs' best in their disappointing Elimination Finals loss to Greater Western Sydney, after collecting 32 disposals, a game high.
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Jack Macrae won a plethora of awards at the season's conclusion.
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Jack Macrae was awarded with his maiden All-Australian team honour, alongside teammate Marcus Bontempelli.
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The AFL player ratings system saw Jack Macrae ranked as the 10th best player in the entire competition.
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Jack Macrae was named in the Herald Sun's top 50 players for 2019 with All-Australian teammate Bontempelli and young gun Josh Dunkley.
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Jack Macrae earned a career-high 22 votes in the 2019 Brownlow Medal, placing equal eighth in the count with teammate Marcus Bontempelli.
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Jack Macrae got his third top-place finish for the 3rd season in a row, winning the Gary Dempsey Medal with a total of 268 votes, 31 behind 1st placed Marcus Bontempelli.
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Jack Macrae led the league for most disposals averaged per game, averaging 33.4 disposals over his 23 games that season.
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The 2020 AFL season was another successful one for Jack Macrae, who averaged 26.39 disposals a game even with shortened quarters.
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Jack Macrae participated in the State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match, playing on the Victorian team with teammate Marcus Bontempelli and against teammate Jason Johannisen.
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Jack Macrae wore the same number as his Bulldogs jersey, number 11.
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Jack Macrae collected 5 marks and a game-high 7 tackles.
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In Round 7, Jack Macrae earned another 2 Brownlow votes after he contributed to the Western Bulldogs' 42-point flogging of Essendon.
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Jack Macrae had 29 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 4 clearances.
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Jack Macrae had his second best on ground performance for the year against Gold Coast in Round 8, racking up 29 disposals, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 7 clearances.
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Jack Macrae gathered 37 disposals, the highest in the game and the equal second highest for the season, as well as 2 marks, 4 tackles and 4 clearances.
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Round 11 saw Jack Macrae receive only 2 Brownlow votes, despite setting the record in the 2020 AFL season for most disposals in a single game, tallying up 40.
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Jack Macrae kicked 1 goal, and had 4 marks, 4 tackles and 3 clearances.
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Jack Macrae racked up 29 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 5 clearances.
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Jack Macrae had one of his lowest disposal counts for the season in the team's 3-point Elimination Final loss to St Kilda.
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Once again, Jack Macrae amassed a number of awards at the season's end.
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Jack Macrae was selected for his second All-Australian team in a row, this time named on the wing.
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Jack Macrae polled 15 votes in the 2020 Brownlow Medal, placing equal 5th with other stars like Patrick Dangerfield, Luke Parker, and Dustin Martin.
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Jack Macrae began the 2021 AFL season in good form, collecting 35 and 41 disposals in his first two games, and being named in the Bulldogs' best in both matches.
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Jack Macrae obtained coaches votes in every single round up to and including Round 6, after a dominant Round 6 performance with 40 disposals, a goal and 8 inside 50s securing him 8 votes.
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Jack Macrae became just the second player ever to collect 30 or more disposals in the first 8 rounds of the season, the only other player being David Thorpe in 1971.
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Jack Macrae performed strongly in the Western Bulldogs' finals campaign, winning the Gary Ayres Award as best player throughout the finals series.
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Jack Macrae is in a relationship with Louisa Macleod, who he took to the 2017 Brownlow Medal presentation night.
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Jack Macrae appeared in an advertising campaign for McDonalds that began airing on television throughout the early months of 2021.
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Jack Macrae has done charity work with Team Ladder, an official AFL player charity which works on using the power of players and industry to help improve the lives of young people.