1. Jay Schulz was born on 18 April 1985 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2010 to 2016.
36 Facts About Jay Schulz
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Jay Schulz won the Ron Barassi Medal as best player for Australia during the series.
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Jay Schulz was drafted in the 2002 National AFL Draft, No 12 overall, and then traded by Adelaide with Kane Johnson and pick 28 to Richmond for Jason Torney, pick 2,18 and 32.
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Jay Schulz made his debut in 2003 against Essendon, but only saw two minutes of action.
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Jay Schulz had a promising start to his career at Richmond, including a 6-goal game against the Brisbane Lions in 2004, that earned him an AFL Rising Star nomination.
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Jay Schulz started the year being caught drink driving and speeding, that resulted in Richmond's major sponsor, the TAC withdrawing their sponsorship of the club.
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Jay Schulz returned in Round 13 and kicked 3 goals against Collingwood.
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Jay Schulz had a career high 8 tackles against the Western Bulldogs a few games later.
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Jay Schulz kicked 16 goals in the last 9 games of the season.
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Jay Schulz was used in a variety of positions, highlighting his ability to play multiple roles.
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Jay Schulz started the 2007 season very well, kicking 9 goals in the first 4 games.
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Jay Schulz finished the year with 14.14 from 12 games.
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Jay Schulz was on the verge of being traded to then Grand Finalist, Port Adelaide in a bid to return to his home state, and to start afresh his football career, however Richmond rejected the offer from the club, and opted to retain Jay Schulz on the list as there was still time on his contract.
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Jay Schulz played mainly at centre half back and went forward to pinch hit.
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Jay Schulz had a career high 29 disposals and 17 marks in round 20 against Hawthorn.
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Jay Schulz had a disappointing 2009 due to injury and average form.
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Jay Schulz played in both the backline and forward line, kicking 3 goals in 4 matches.
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On 8 October 2009, shortly after Damien Hardwick was appointed coach of Richmond, Jay Schulz was traded to the Port Adelaide Football Club in exchange for Mitchell Farmer.
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Jay Schulz made his Port debut in round 1 against North Melbourne and showed his hardness at the ball by going off the field twice with the blood rule.
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Jay Schulz laid 6 tackles for the game and many lead to goals for the Power.
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Jay Schulz played the first 3 games of the 2010 season in the forward lines and displayed good goal sense and defensive pressure.
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Jay Schulz kicked 3.3 in those three games but was ruled out of the Round 4 clash against Geelong after a minor knee injury.
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Jay Schulz returned to the team in Round 5 and contributed up forward, kicking 2.1 against top-placed St Kilda, and then a goal in a quiet game in the Showdown the following week.
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Jay Schulz was omitted from the Port Adelaide team for the round 7 match against Essendon in Melbourne.
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Jay Schulz played his best game in Round 13 against North Melbourne, kicking 7 goals.
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In round 18, Jay Schulz took 6 contested marks and kicked 4 goals to help Port Adelaide win by 8 points over Hawthorn.
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Jay Schulz finished top 10 in the John Cahill Medal.
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Jay Schulz was voted into the Leadership group for the 2011 season.
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Jay Schulz suffered a serious knee injury during the round 1 clash against Collingwood.
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Jay Schulz returned to action in round 7 against the Hawks.
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Jay Schulz equalled his career best of 7 goals in round 15 against the Brisbane Lions.
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Jay Schulz finished the season on 31 goals, just one goal short of being the leading goal kicker, for the second year in a row.
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Jay Schulz regularly kicked more than two goals a game.
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Jay Schulz worked up the ground a lot in 2013, which got the eye of commentators and had him improving his game by collecting more disposals and making him more noticed by Port Adelaide fans.
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In round 14,2014, Jay Schulz kicked a career high eight goals against the Western Bulldogs which ties the record with Warren Tredrea for most goals kicked in a single game by a Port Adelaide player.
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Jay Schulz has disclosed that a lot of his success at goal kicking came from having a very detailed, step-by-step identical goal-kicking routine for every set shot.