Jake Melksham
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Melksham in March 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jake Melksham | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1991 | ||
| Original team(s) | Calder Cannons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 10, 2009 national draft | ||
| Debut |
Round 3, 2010, Essendon vs. Carlton, at MCG |
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| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Melbourne | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010–2015 | Essendon | 114 (57) | |
| 2016– | Melbourne | 10 (3) | |
| Total | 124 (60) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 14, 2017.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jake Melksham (born 29 August 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, 1.86 metres (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighing 82 kilograms (181 lb), Melksham also has the ability to play as a defender, primarily as a half-back flanker. Growing up in Glenroy, Victoria, he played top-level football early when he joined the Calder Cannons' under 18 side in the TAC Cup at the age of sixteen. He spent three years playing for the Calder Cannons, winning a premiership in his final junior year. His achievements as a junior include state representation and the TAC Medal as the best player on the ground in the TAC Cup Grand Final.
Melksham's late surge in his draft year saw him recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the tenth selection in the 2009 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in the 2010 season and was rewarded with an AFL Rising Star nomination. He spent six seasons with Essendon, which peaked with a fifth-place finish in the best and fairest, and after 114 games with the club, he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club during the 2015 trade period. Before he could play his first match with Melbourne, he was suspended for the 2016 season for his involvement in the Essendon Football Club supplements saga.
Melksham grew up in Glenroy, Victoria; as a junior, he played for the Oak Park Football Club in the Essendon District Football League, and attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. Joining the Calder Cannons under 18 side in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player in 2007 at sixteen years of age, a bout of osteitis pubis set in towards the end of the year, which hampered his summer training and saw him miss several games during the 2008 season. In 2008, he was rewarded with a scholarship within the prestigious AIS-AFL Academy as part of their eleventh intake.
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