13 Facts About Jonathon Griffin

Jonathon Griffin was born on 14 January 1986 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Jonathon Griffin's family moved to the southern suburbs of Perth when he was 10 years old, and he attended Booragoon Primary School and Applecross Senior High School, playing junior football for Karoonda JFC.

Jonathon Griffin was drafted by Adelaide from East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League with the 21st selection in the 2005 Rookie draft and spent the 2005 season on the rookie list.

Jonathon Griffin was upgraded to the senior list for the 2006 season but spent most of 2006 playing reserves for Central District Bulldogs.

Jonathon Griffin got his chance to make his AFL debut in the early rounds of 2007 due to the departure of Matthew Clarke and injuries to Rhett Biglands and Ivan Maric.

Jonathon Griffin started well in the 2008 AFL season, with strong performances against very good ruck opponents in Will Minson and Ben Hudson, of the Western Bulldogs, Dean Cox and Mark Seaby of the West Coast Eagles and Dean Brogan and Brendon Lade of Port Adelaide.

Jonathon Griffin was selected for the Indigenous All-Stars team in 2009.

Since returning to his home state of Western Australia, Jonathon Griffin has been used mainly as Fremantle's backup ruckman, competing with Zac Clarke and Aaron Sandilands for the ruck positions.

Jonathon Griffin played his first game for the Dockers in round 10 of the 2011 AFL season against St Kilda, after Sandilands was unavailable due to injury.

Jonathon Griffin played the first seven games of the 2013 season before damaging his anterior cruciate ligament, with the resultant knee reconstruction ruling him out for the rest of the season.

Jonathon Griffin resumed his career in April 2014, through Fremantle's new affiliate team in the WAFL, Peel Thunder.

Jonathon Griffin played in Peel's maiden WAFL premiership in 2016 but missed out in 2017, with a knee injury keeping him out of the Grand Final team.

Jonathon Griffin was delisted by Fremantle at the conclusion of the 2017 season.