Chris Judd

Chris Judd
Judd at the 2005 Grand Final parade
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Dylan Judd
Date of birth	(1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Original team(s)	Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 3, 2001 national draft
Height / weight	189 cm / 88 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002–2007	West Coast	134 (138)
2008–2015	Carlton	1450(90)
Total		279 (228)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2008	Victoria	1 (0)
International team honours
2002	Australia	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2002.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: (2006) 2× Brownlow Medal: (2004, 2010) Norm Smith Medal: (2005) West Coast captain: (2006–2007) Carlton captain: (2008–2013) 2× Leigh Matthews Trophy: (2006, 2011) 6× All-Australian team: (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) 2× West Coast Club Champion: (2004, 2006) 3× John Nicholls Medal: (2008, 2009, 2010) 3× Ross Glendinning Medal: (2005, 2005, 2006) AFL Rising Star: (nomination 2002) AFLPA Best First Year Player Award: (2002) Geoff Christian Medal: (2006) AFL Goal of the Year (2005) Madden Medal: (2015) AFL Life Member: (2015)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Widely regarded as one of the best footballers in the modern game, Judd twice won the league's highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal, and was a dual Leigh Matthews Trophy winner as the AFL Players Association most valuable player. He was also a premiership captain, having captained the West Coast Eagles to the 2006 AFL Premiership. Consistently recognised as one of the game's premier midfielders, Judd was selected in the All-Australian team six times, including as captain in 2008. At a representative level, he played for Australia in the 2002 International Rules Series and for Victoria in the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match in 2008.

Judd is recognised as a great at two clubs: West Coast and Carlton. During his 134 games with West Coast he captained the club for two seasons and won two Club Champion Awards. After returning to Melbourne to captain the Carlton Football Club, Judd won the John Nicholls Medal as the club's Best and Fairest three times, and become the fourth player in AFL history to win a Brownlow Medal at more than one club.

Judd was born in Melbourne to Andrew Judd and Lisa Engel. He was raised in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs, where he played for the East Sandringham Junior Football Club before he attended Caulfield Grammar School. Judd was an all round sportsman and junior track and field star and solid cricket player. At Caulfield Grammar, he began to focus on Australian rules football and later captained the school's First team. Judd attained an ENTER score of 96.20 on his Victorian Certificate of Education.