12 Facts About Jonathan Simpkin

Jonathan Simpkin was born on 28 October 1987 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Originally from Colac, Victoria, Jonathan Simpkin was first rookie listed by the Sydney Swans with the 16th selection in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft after playing junior football for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.

Jonathan Simpkin spend the 2006 and 2007 season playing for the Sydney Swans reserves team that won the 2006 and 2007 AFL Canberra premierships.

Jonathan Simpkin trained for a period late in 2007 with Melbourne but was not drafted to their squad.

Jonathan Simpkin returned to play for the Colac Tigers in the Geelong Football League.

Jonathan Simpkin continued to play for Geelong in the VFL and despite performing well consistently throughout the season, winning the team's best and fairest award, he was unable to break into the AFL side.

Jonathan Simpkin then made his debut against Western Bulldogs, coming on as the substitute player at three-quarter time.

Jonathan Simpkin again won the Geelong best and fairest award in 2012 and was part of the winning Geelong premiership side the same year.

Jonathan Simpkin played his first game for Hawthorn against Adelaide in Adelaide, South Australia, in round six 2013 and finished the season with 13 games.

Jonathan Simpkin played in Box Hill's VFL premiership team winning the Norm Goss Memorial Medal for his best on ground performance that day.

Jonathan Simpkin played only one AFL game for Hawthorn in 2015 and he was delisted In October.

In January 2016, Jonathan Simpkin signed with the Essendon Football Club as a "top-up" player due to the supplements controversy.