21 Facts About Jason Gram

Jason Gram was born on 27 April 1984 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who previously played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Jason Gram was drafted by the Brisbane Lions as the 19th pick in the 2001 AFL Draft.

Jason Gram's attempted clearance was smothered and led to a goal that lost the Lions the lead against Fremantle late in a game.

Jason Gram cherished his brief moments of senior footy at Brisbane but was ready to go home, where he felt he would have more opportunities.

Jason Gram stated his preferred team to be traded to was St Kilda prior to the 2003 Trade period, the team he supported as a junior.

Jason Gram was traded from the Brisbane in exchange for draft pick 23 in the National Draft.

Jason Gram watched on as St Kilda FC won the 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup to begin his first season at the Saints.

Jason Gram played a total of two games for the 2004 season.

Jason Gram played a further 5 games in 2005, his best performance being a 19 disposal effort against his former team the Brisbane Lions, in a match St Kilda FC won by a club record 139 points.

Jason Gram was overlooked for the Finals that followed, not playing when St Kilda FC secured what was effectively the ultimate success for the season in Adelaide in the 1st Qualifying Final.

Jason Gram completed his first full season on the field as a player in 2006, playing in all of St Kilda's 23 matches in the 2006 Premiership season, including his first finals match in the 2006 2nd Elimination Final.

Jason Gram accepted a change to the Number 1 guernsey from the retiring St Kilda legend Justin Peckett.

Jason Gram was awarded the Michael Tuck Medal for his best player on the ground performance during St Kilda FC's 2008 National Australia Bank Cup Premiership.

Jason Gram played in 21 of St Kilda FC's 22 matches in the 2009 season Home and Away rounds in which St Kilda dominated the competition, qualifying in first position for the 2009 finals, winning the AFL Minor Premiership McClelland Trophy.

Jason Gram averaged 23.9 possessions per game in the 2009 season.

Jason Gram was voted equal best player on the field in the 2009 Grand Final.

Jason Gram finished equal on votes in the Norm Smith Medal with Paul Chapman of Geelong, the first ever tie in award history.

Jason Gram played a total of 20 games in the 2011 season, including the elimination final loss to the Swans.

Jason Gram had a season-high, thirty-three disposal game against the Bombers in Round 3, which earned him a Brownlow vote.

Jason Gram gathered twenty or more disposals on fourteen occasions in season 2011.

In October 2012, Jason Gram had his contract terminated prematurely by St Kilda after being arrested by police for breaching an intervention order placed by his then estranged wife Sarah.