Jeff Farmer (footballer)
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Jeff Farmer while playing his final year of football for Fremantle in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jeffrey Farmer | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Wizard | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Tambellup, Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Tambellup | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1995–2001 | Melbourne | 118 (259) | |
| 2002–2008 | Fremantle | 131 (224) | |
| Total | 249 (483) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jeff Farmer (born 24 June 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Known as "The Wizard" (or "The Wiz") because of his uncanny ability to create goals from nothing, Farmer began his professional football career with the Melbourne Football Club in 1995. Farmer has always been one of the AFL's most exciting players.
His career best goalkicking performance came against Collingwood at the MCG in 2000 when he kicked 9 goals in the second half after barely being able to get a touch in the first two quarters. He was taken from the field for the third quarter and was on the interchange bench before Ben Beams suffered a broken wrist and was unable to continue. He finished the 2000 season with a career best 76 goals and was named in the All-Australian team.
After 118 games and 259 goals for Melbourne, he was traded to Fremantle at the end of 2001.
Farmer's first two seasons with Fremantle were disappointing, with less than 30 goals in each year, but in 2004, his consistency improved and he was the Dockers' 2nd most productive forward for each of the 2004, 2005 and 2006 seasons.
During the 2006 home and away season, Farmer had his most productive season since 2000, kicking 55 goals from just 19 games, with a 31 goals in 7 games effort towards the end of the season. Due to this run of good form, he was thought by many to be a good chance of making All-Australian selection in the forward pocket. He was not, however, selected.
At the end of the 2008 AFL season Farmer announced his retirement from AFL football, leaving him stranded on 249 games. His 483 career goals, including three in his final game, is the 49th most in VFL/AFL history and his 224 goals for Fremantle is second behind Matthew Pavlich.
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