Jordan Dawson was born on 9 April 1997 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.
18 Facts About Jordan Dawson
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Jordan Dawson previously played for the Sydney Swans from 2016 to 2021.
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Jordan Dawson was born in Kingston South East, and grew up in Robe, south-east of Adelaide in South Australia.
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Jordan Dawson moved to Adelaide in his youth and attended Scotch College during his teenage years.
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Jordan Dawson was drafted by Sydney with their third selection and fifty-sixth overall in the 2015 national draft.
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Jordan Dawson made his debut in the one point loss against Collingwood at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Round 3 of the 2017 season.
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Jordan Dawson impressed rival clubs in his last game for Sydney, which was the 2021 elimination final against Greater Western Sydney.
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Jordan Dawson had 18 disposals and 8 marks in the narrow loss.
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Jordan Dawson was traded on 13 October during the 2021 trade period.
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Jordan Dawson was made captain of the Adelaide Crows after Rory Sloane stepped down on 10 February 2023, following Sloane's 4th year in the role.
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Jordan Dawson won his second Showdown Medal in Round 3 of 2023 in his first win as captain.
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Jordan Dawson would go on to greatly succeed in the role, finding career-best form and winning the Malcolm Blight Medal in just his second season at the club.
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Jordan Dawson responded with back-to-back best-on-ground performances against Essendon and North Melbourne, the latter of which saw Jordan Dawson awarded with the ANZAC Spirit medal, given to the player adjudicated best-on-ground during the AFL's ANZAC Appeal Round.
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Jordan Dawson was forced to miss one game in the season following a head collision with Essendon forward Nate Caddy.
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Jordan Dawson won consecutive Malcolm Blight Medals, being a part of the first tie in the history of the award alongside Ben Keays.
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Jordan Dawson was awarded with Adelaide's Players' Trademark Award for the second year in a row.
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In 2025, Jordan Dawson was awarded the maximum ten coaches' votes in his first two matches to start the season.
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Jordan Dawson married his long-term partner Milly Dutton in January 2024.