21 Facts About Jordan Bannister

Jordan Scott Bannister was born on 31 October 1982 and is a former Australian rules football player and umpire, who played for Carlton and Essendon and umpired in the Australian Football League.

Jordan Bannister was delisted by Essendon at the end of the 2003 season, and decided to re-nominate for the national draft.

Jordan Bannister played for Essendon 2001 from 2003 for a total of 14 games 0 goals.

Jordan Bannister was selected by the Carlton Football Club in the national draft with its sixth round selection.

Jordan Bannister made his debut there in Round 1,2004 against Fremantle.

Jordan Bannister was noted as a hard-running defender, often taking tagging roles on mobile forwards, and he polled two Brownlow Medal votes against Collingwood in a shut down role against Nathan Buckley.

Jordan Bannister struggled for regular selection in 2005, finally breaking through for a regular berth in mid-2006, playing ten out of eleven games before being suspended by the AFL Tribunal.

Jordan Bannister began the 2007 season playing with Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants, and it appeared that he would struggle for selection under Carlton's youth policy.

Jordan Bannister was brought back to the seniors against the hard-running Western Bulldogs, and made an immediate impact with consecutive shut-downs of Brad Johnson and Chad Cornes, ensuring his position in the team for the rest of the year.

Jordan Bannister played the first five games of 2008, but was struck down by injury and was unable to regain his position in the team for the rest of the year.

In 2009, Jordan Bannister was unable to break into the Carlton senior team on a regular basis, playing only two games for the year.

Jordan Bannister was a member of the Bullants' losing grand final team in 2009.

Jordan Bannister was delisted from the Carlton Football Club at the end of the 2009 season.

Jordan Bannister played for Carlton from 2004 until 2009 for a total of 53 games and 17 goals.

In 2015, Jordan Bannister revealed during the 2007 season of how his former senior coach Denis Pagan urged him to enjoy the second half of Carlton's Round 16 clash with Brisbane at the 'Gabba because it would be the last of his AFL career.

Jordan Bannister umpired at metropolitan and country level for most of 2010 but was appointed to his senior VFL debut in Round 17.

Jordan Bannister officiated in his first AFL match in Round 1, between North Melbourne and his former club Essendon.

Jordan umpired the remainder of the 2013 season but announced his retirement in October citing the difficulty of balancing work, family and umpiring; but five months later, after Rick's condition and rehabilitation had improved, Bannister returned to the AFL umpiring panel; Rick died later that year.

Jordan Bannister retired from umpiring shortly before the 2017 season, finishing his career having umpired 97 AFL games.

Across an AFL career spanning sixteen years, Jordan Bannister played and umpired a total of 164 games.

Jordan Bannister's father, Wayne Jordan Bannister was a boxer who was the Australian welterweight champion.