19 Facts About Liam Jones

Liam Jones is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.

Liam Jones was drafted by the Western Bulldogs in the second round of the 2008 AFL Draft, and made his senior debut in 2010.

An Indigenous Australian, Liam Jones's father Bob Liam Jones was a professional footballer, playing with St Kilda.

Liam Jones attended Scotch College, Melbourne as part of the school's indigenous program.

Liam Jones spent the 2009 season in the reserves as he was only 17.

Liam Jones made his debut against North Melbourne in round 18 of the 2010 season, and averaged 9.4 disposals from 5 games in his debut season.

Liam Jones was nominated after playing in his team's win against Fremantle where he scored 2 goals.

Liam Jones showed promise and recorded good stats but remained on the fringes of a falling Western Bulldogs side.

Liam Jones was traded to the Carlton Football Club during the 2014 trade period in exchange for pick 46.

Liam Jones only managed nine games in his first season with the Blues, and eight in his second, for an inaccurate and unremarkable return of only 16 goals from 32 scores.

Early in the season at Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Blues, Liam Jones' position was switched from the forward line to defence to full back, largely to clear the way for Carlton's newly drafted key forwards to develop.

Liam Jones recorded an elite level of spoils per game largely due to his preference to punch the ball away instead of attempt a mark.

Liam Jones continued this form into the next season with 7.6 spoils a game, 5.4 marks per game, and helped the team with 8.7 one percenters a game.

Liam Jones signed a two-year contract extension during 2017 that would see him at Carlton until the end of 2019.

Liam Jones missed eight weeks with a nasty concussion after a head clash during the 2019 season, but recovered and soon afterwards signed another three-year extension with Carlton to the end of 2022.

Liam Jones continued to excel in a key defensive stopping role in the Carlton defence, and recorded five consecutive top-ten finishes in the club's best and fairest from 2017 to 2021.

Liam Jones ultimately retired days later with a year remaining on his contract at the Blues amid news of his reluctance on getting the vaccine.

Liam Jones became the Bulldogs' number-one key defender, and after arguably a career-best year in 2024, Liam Jones was selected for 2025's Indigenous All-Stars match, his second squad selection following 2013.

However, Liam Jones was ruled out of the pre-season match against Fremantle following a hamstring strain at training, ruling the defender out for the beginning of the AFL season.