32 Facts About Jack Trengove

Jack Trengove was born on 2 September 1991 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Jack Trengove represented South Australia in the 2009 AFL Under 18 Championships, in which he captained the side, received All-Australian honours and won the state most valuable player.

Jack Trengove made his AFL debut during the 2010 season and earned an AFL Rising Star nomination, in which he finished fourth overall.

Jack Trengove was delisted by Melbourne at the end of the 2017 season before signing with Port Adelaide as a free agent during the 2017 trade period.

Jack Trengove played for Prince Alfred OC in the Adelaide Footy League and now currently plays at his former club the Kybybolite Tigers in the Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League.

Jack Trengove was born and raised in Naracoorte, South Australia near the Victorian border in the south-east of South Australia.

Jack Trengove played his junior football with the Kybybolite Football Club in the Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League before moving to Adelaide to attend Prince Alfred College.

Jack Trengove received mid-year honours in 2009 when he represented South Australia in the AFL Under 18 Championships, in addition to captaining the side.

Speculation as to who would be the number one pick for the 2009 AFL draft was rife throughout the year, with either Tom Scully or Jack Trengove predicted the most likely to be recruited with the first pick.

Jack Trengove was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with their second selection and the second overall in the 2009 national draft.

Jack Trengove made his debut in the fifty-six-point loss against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening round of the 2009 season, in which he recorded twenty-three disposals, two marks and two tackles, and was named in the best players for Melbourne.

Jack Trengove played the first nine matches of the year before he was rested for the round ten match against Geelong at Skilled Stadium, with the previous week's match being played in hot conditions in Darwin.

Jack Trengove returned from injury through the Victorian Football League with Melbourne's affiliate team, the Casey Scorpions.

Jack Trengove returned to the senior side in round nineteen for the twenty-nine-point win against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and played the remainder of the year to finish with eighteen matches and average nineteen disposals a match.

Jack Trengove was considered one of the early favourites to win the rising star in the betting markets, and ultimately finished fourth overall in the award.

Jack Trengove played the first seven matches of the year in 2011 before he was suspended for three weeks after tackling then-Adelaide forward, Patrick Dangerfield, during the round seven match against Adelaide, in a case which sparked significant debate.

Jack Trengove tackled Dangerfield around the waist, pinned one of his arms and slung him to the ground, causing Dangerfield's head to hit the ground and leaving him concussed.

Jack Trengove returned in round eleven for the thirty-three-point win against Essendon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and played the remainder of the year to finish with nineteen matches for the season and a fifth-place finish in Melbourne's best and fairest award.

The decision to appoint two young captains was questioned within the industry two-time premiership player, David King, said the appointments of Grimes and Jack Trengove was the correct decision.

Jack Trengove finished eighth in Melbourne's best and fairest count.

Jack Trengove was cleared by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority over a year later in June 2014.

Jack Trengove missed two matches during the year, the round one match against Port Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the round seven match against Gold Coast at the Melbourne Cricket Ground due to a calf injury, to finish with twenty matches during the year.

Jack Trengove was reluctant to the trade and expressed his desire to stay at Melbourne, but stated that he would not block the move if it was fulfilled.

Jack Trengove played the next two matches before he was omitted for the first match after the mid-season bye, the round fifteen match against Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Jack Trengove did not play another AFL match for the year, and instead played in the VFL, helping Casey claim the minor premiership and reach their first grand final since 1999, in which the club ultimately lost to Footscray by thirty-one points.

Jack Trengove played in the VFL for a large part of the 2017 season and despite being in "blistering form" according to the Herald Sun's, Toby Prime, he couldn't find his way into the senior side for a majority of the season.

Jack Trengove was promoted to the senior side for the round eighteen match against Port Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and his return was labelled as one of the AFL's "feel-good stories" by The Age journalist, Jon Pierik.

Jack Trengove played the next week before he was omitted for the round twenty match against Greater Western Sydney.

Jack Trengove played just the two AFL matches for the season, but averaged twenty-three disposals across eighteen matches in the VFL and won Gardner-Clark Medal as Casey's best and fairest player.

Jack Trengove's older sister, Jessica Jack Trengove, is a runner who won a gold medal for Australia in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Jack Trengove represented Australia in the marathon at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics.

Jack Trengove has another sister, Abbie, who represented their state in rowing.