1. Max Rooke was born on Jarad Maxwell Rooke; 19 December 1981 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League.
11 Facts About Max Rooke
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Max Rooke made his Geelong debut in 2002 and went on to become a dual premiership player with the club, playing key roles in both the 2007 and 2009 grand final victories.
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Max Rooke was recruited from Casterton in 2001, and he made his debut in the second round of 2002.
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Max Rooke was a regular senior player until a shin injury forced him to miss the second half of 2004, including the finals series, but he recovered to play all but one game in 2005.
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In Geelong's close loss to the Sydney Swans in the elimination final, Max Rooke laid a remarkable fifteen tackles.
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Max Rooke returned to the side in the 106-point qualifying final win against the Kangaroos after key defender Matthew Egan suffered a season-ending foot injury.
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In October 2010, Max Rooke announced his retirement from AFL football due to an acute knee injury which kept him out for most of the 2010 home-and-away season.
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Max Rooke returned to Geelong in 2011 as a development coach for four seasons before joining Gold Coast as a development coach for the 2016 season.
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Max Rooke was stood down from Melbourne in May 2020 due to limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In November 2006, Rooke made the decision to officially change his legal name to Max.
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Max Rooke was known by the new name in all official AFL records from the 2007 season onwards.