Darren Jarman

Darren Jarman
Personal information
Full name	Darren Jarman
Date of birth	(1967-01-28) 28 January 1967 (age 50)
Original team(s)	North Adelaide
Draft	No. 55, 1986 national draft
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder/forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–1990	North Adelaide	144 (256)
1991–1995	Hawthorn	109 (122)
1996–2001	Adelaide	121 (264)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia	12
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Career highlights
AFL 3× AFL premiership player: 1991, 1997, 1998 3× All-Australian team: 1992, 1995–1996 Peter Crimmins Memorial Trophy: 1995 3× Adelaide leading goalkicker: 1998–1999, 2001 Australian Football Hall of Fame Adelaide Team of the Decade (1991–2000) Adelaide life membership SANFL SANFL premiership: 1987 North Adelaide best and fairest: 1990 North Adelaide leading goalkicker: 1990 North Adelaide Team of the Century South Australian Football Hall of Fame Representative National Football Carnival Championship: 1993
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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Darren Jarman (born 28 January 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. An elite midfielder-come-forward, Jarman amassed a total of 386 games of senior football at AFL, SANFL and representative level. He was widely recognised as one of the most skillful players of his era. He is the younger brother of Andrew.

Jarman played 144 games and kicked 236 goals for North Adelaide in the SANFL between 1985 and 1990. He was selected on the interchange in the club's Team of the Century at a gala dinner held on 7 October 2000.

Jarman was initially drafted by Melbourne with pick 55 in the inaugural 1986 VFL Draft., but chose to remain in Adelaide with the Roosters. Once the Demons' three-year rights to Jarman lapsed, Brisbane claimed him with a concessional pre-draft selection in the 1989 VFL Draft. Once again Jarman chose to stay in his home state.

In 1990 the turmoil that led to the creation of the Adelaide Crows and thereby automatically relegated the SANFL to secondary importance within South Australia caused Jarman to reassess his career. Following some friction with the Crows' football manager Neil Kerley, Jarman chose to head east, signing for Hawthorn after the club traded pick 10 in the 1990 AFL Draft to the Bears for his contractual rights.

In Round 1, 1991 Jarman made his debut in an 86-point loss to Adelaide. Despite this early setback, the highly skilled midfielder made an immediate impact in his debut year, averaging 18 disposals and booting 41 goals before his infamous performance in the Hawks' winning side on Grand Final day, when he was restricted to just 5 touches on the big stage.

Jarman bounced back in 1992, winning his first All-Australian selection (at centreman) and stamping himself as one of the game's elite players. Following his excellent 1995 season where he won his second All-Australian selection, Hawthorn's Best and Fairest Award and finished with the second-most votes behind Sydney's Paul Kelly in the Brownlow Medal count (although he was ineligible to place due to suspension), Jarman sought a return home to Adelaide to play with his brother Andrew at the Crows.

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