Jason Blake (footballer)
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| Full name | Jason Blake | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1981 | ||
| Original team(s) | Prahran | ||
| Draft | No. 24, 1999 National Draft, St Kilda | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2000–2013 | St Kilda | 219 (38) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jason Blake (born 15 March 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). An "undersized tall defender and occasional ruckman", he holds the record for the most games played (209) without receiving any Brownlow Medal votes. He eventually received two Brownlow votes for Round 11 in 2012.
Blake was recruited as the number 24 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from the Prahran Football Club. During the Under 18 National Championships he had been named All Australian along with Ben Johnson, Rhyce Shaw, Darren Glass, Joel Corey and Jonathan Brown. During the series he managed to shut down Mathew Pavlich in the first game, and later did the same to Brown. Blake made his debut for St Kilda in Round 9, 2000 against the Western Bulldogs, and went on to play 13 games in his first year with the Saints.
Blake played in St Kilda’s 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side - St Kilda’s second pre-season cup win.
Blake is a versatile footballer, having spent much of the period between 2003 and 2006 as a ruckman for St Kilda, but has also been able to play forward, back and as a tagger in the midfield. Blake capped off an improved 2007 season by finishing ninth in the club's Trevor Barker Award for the best and fairest player.
Blake played his 100th match for the Saints in round 9 of 2007 against Fremantle at Subiaco.
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