Jack Steven

Jack Steven
Steven playing for St Kilda in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Jack Steven
Date of birth (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 42, 2007 national draft
Debut Round 19, 2009, St Kilda
vs. Hawthorn, at Aurora Stadium
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club St Kilda
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008– St Kilda 176 (107)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Steven (born 28 March 1990) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Steven is a four-time Trevor Barker Award winner. He received a nomination for the 2011 AFL Rising Star award in round 10 of the 2011 season.

AFL career

Steven at training prior to the 2009 AFL Grand Final

Originally from the Lorne Football Club, he attended Northfield Grammar which is a 1/2 hour drive down the coast past Lorne. Steven was recruited from the Geelong Falcons with pick 42 in the 2007 AFL Draft.[1] Steven kicked the final goal of the 2008 NAB Cup quarter final – a competition which St Kilda went on to win, although Steven did not play in the final.[2]

Steven made his AFL debut in Round 19 of the 2009 AFL season in the Saints' upset win over Hawthorn at York Park in Launceston, Tasmania when the then undefeated Saints were without seven of their best player due to injuries.[3][4] It was his only AFL game for the year, but he played eight more in 2010.

In January 2011, Steven, along with three teammates, was suspended for six weeks and fined after breaking team rules involving alcohol, prescription medicine and leaving the team hotel while on a team camp in New Zealand.[5] In Round 10, 2011, Steven was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star.[6]

During 2013 Steven established himself as one of the AFL's most elite emerging young midfielders. His explosive pace and ferociousness at the contest culminated in a career best season in which he won the 2013 Trevor Barker Award for St Kilda's best and fairest player.[7]

In March 2015, Steven signed a new contract with the Saints, committing to the club until the end of the 2020 season. Steven played in all 22 games for St Kilda in 2015, averaging 27 disposals and kicking 9 goals. He was awarded his second Trevor Barker medal, finishing with 175 votes.

Steven was inducted into St Kilda's leadership group prior to the 2016 AFL season. He won his second successive Trevor Barker Award and third overall.[8]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season.[9]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T Votes
Totals Averages (per game)
2008 St Kilda 3400
2009 St Kilda 3411010414541.00.010.04.014.05.04.00
2010 St Kilda 3810250409021311.30.36.35.011.32.63.90
2011 St Kilda 321131022818341178840.60.510.98.719.63.74.03
2012 St Kilda 32117925017542578840.80.411.98.320.23.74.01
2013 St Kilda 32216831227959183870.70.414.212.726.93.84.08
2014 St Kilda 31781020618739344790.50.612.111.023.12.64.61
2015 St Kilda 322915343248591981510.40.715.611.326.94.56.912
2016 St Kilda 322146310305615621230.60.314.113.928.02.85.616
2017 St Kilda 32061525926752655930.30.813.013.426.32.84.711
2018 St Kilda 32213730528859388780.60.313.913.127.04.03.518
Career 176 107 82 2273 1976 4249 612 814 0.6 0.5 12.9 11.2 24.1 3.5 4.6 70

Honours and achievements

Individual

References

  1. "Jack Steven Player Profile Bio". Australian Football League. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  2. Saints jigsaw almost solved
  3. The Saints make huge changes
  4. Unheralded Saints leave Hawks flat
  5. St Kilda suspends four after New Zealand camp
  6. Holmesby, Luke (2011-05-31). "Saint Steven". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  7. "Brisbane Lions' Joel Patfull, St Kilda's Jack Steven, Adelaide Crow's Rory Sloane clubs' best and fairest". 7 September 2013.
  8. Navaratnam, Dinny (1 September 2016). "Jack Steven claims his third Trevor Barker Award". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. "Jack Steven". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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