1. Jeffrey Garlett was born on 3 August 1989 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.
14 Facts About Jeff Garlett
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Jeff Garlett lived with Anne and Maurice Embley and with Swans captain Shane Beros.
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Altogether, Jeff Garlett played 21 league matches for Swans between 2007 and 2008.
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Jeff Garlett was recruited to the AFL by the Carlton Football Club with the sixth pick in the 2009 Rookie Draft.
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Jeff Garlett joined indigenous Swan Districts teammate Chris Yarran at Carlton, who was drafted in the 2008 AFL Draft at pick 6.
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Jeff Garlett made his debut in Round 1,2009 against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, scoring a goal with his first kick.
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Jeff Garlett played ten games for Carlton in 2009, scoring twelve goals.
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Jeff Garlett was made a nominated rookie in 2010, and earned regular selection in the Carlton team.
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Jeff Garlett scored a career-high six goals in Round 19 against Essendon and was rewarded for this by taking out the NAB Rising Star nomination for the round; he ultimately polled five votes to finish sixth for the Rising Star Award.
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Jeff Garlett played twenty games for the year, and performed strongly in the club's best and fairest, finishing seventh.
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Jeff Garlett signed a two-year contract extension with the Blues, and moved onto the senior list proper in 2011.
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Jeff Garlett played every game in 2011, and kicked 50 goals for the year.
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On 9 October 2014, Jeff Garlett was traded to the Melbourne Football Club after an off-field incident involving him and teammate Mitch Robinson.
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Jeff Garlett is cousins with Lance Franklin, Cruize Garlett and Des Headland, and is the nephew of Leon Davis.