25 Facts About Jason Akermanis

Jason Dean Akermanis was born on 24 February 1977 and is a former professional Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League.

Jason Akermanis is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs.

When he was 13, Jason Akermanis discovered that he was not the son of his mother's former partner, John Jason Akermanis.

Jason Akermanis completed year 12 at high school in 1995, during his first year with the Brisbane Bears.

Jason Akermanis was a solid contributor to the Brisbane Bears midfield, with his pace and skills evident even early in his career.

Jason Akermanis made his debut in Round 4 of the 1995 AFL season, he had a solid debut, accumulating 19 disposals and kicking 1 goal in the Bears loss to Carlton.

Jason Akermanis played a total of 17 games in this debut season and kicking 12 goals.

Jason Akermanis played 34 games across the 1997 and 1998 seasons and tallied 532 disposals and 32 goals.

Jason Akermanis gathered 469 disposals and booted 16 goals for the season.

Jason Akermanis became one of the Brisbane Lions' most talented players.

Akermanis played with a torn right adductor, in which he suffered early in the first quarter, this effected his ability to kick with his dominant right foot, resulting in Jason kicking on his left foot for the majority of the game, he eventually kicked a left foot snap over his shoulder late in the last quarter in which would be the sealer, guiding the Lions to victory.

Jason Akermanis was a winner of the AFL Goal of the Year 2002 award and had an ability to kick goals from acute angles.

Early in the 2006 season, Jason Akermanis was dropped from the Brisbane Lions side for Round 7, playing a game with the Suncoast Lions.

However, Jason Akermanis was recalled to the side and responded with 22 disposals across half-back in the game against Port Adelaide, and a post-match interview with Channel Nine showed him smiling and visibly happy with his performance.

Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade said he had not ruled out the possibility of extending Jason Akermanis's contract depending on his performance for the rest of the season.

Jason Akermanis then signed with the Bulldogs for another year, hoping to play in a fourth premiership side.

Jason Akermanis began playing with the Glenorchy Football Club in the Tasmanian State League in 2011 as well as playing a number of one-off games at various country clubs.

Jason Akermanis served as coach for the Australian Men's over-40s team in international rules football.

Jason Akermanis threatened to switch codes to rugby union in 2002 if Brisbane signed former Kangaroos Football Club star Wayne Carey, and leaked to the media that teammate Nigel Lappin had broken his ribs during the 2003 preliminary final against Sydney.

In 2007, Jason Akermanis wrote a column about performance-enhancing drugs and his views on their presence in sport, which included comments that he believed a specific opposing player, whom he did not name, had been using the drugs based on how strong a runner the player was for his size.

Braun was ultimately awarded defamation damages against Seven and Fairfax, and received an apology from Jason Akermanis, who conceded that he had been referring to Braun, and admitted that he had been wrong.

In October 2023, Jason Akermanis was featured in the reality TV show SAS Australia.

Jason Akermanis left in the first episode due to what he claimed was a toe injury; however, medical personnel for the show disputed this claim.

In November 2023, while working as a real estate agent, it was reported that Jason Akermanis disclosed sensitive personal information about a survivor of domestic abuse to a potential property buyer, among other ethical impropriety.

Jason Akermanis learned Auslan to communicate with his wife's hearing-impaired parents.