Jeff Garlett
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Garlett during a pre-season match in February 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jeffrey Garlett | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Swan Districts (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 6, 2009 rookie draft | ||
| Debut |
Round 1, 2009, Carlton vs. Richmond, at MCG |
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| Height / weight | 180 cm / 73 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Current club | Melbourne | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009–2014 | Carlton | 107 (183) | |
| 2015– | Melbourne | 39 (69) | |
| Total | 146 (252) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jeffrey "Jeff" Garlett (born 3 August 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is of Indigenous descent.
Garlett played his early football for Burracoppin, before playing for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League in 2007. Garlett was homeless for much of the time that he was playing for Swans, often sleeping in the back of cars going for days without eating. Once the club discovered this, he lived with Anne and Maurice Embley (parents of many Swan Districts players, including West Coast's Andrew Embley) and with Swans captain Shane Beros. Altogether, Garlett played 21 league matches for Swans between 2007 and 2008.
Garlett was recruited to the AFL by the Carlton Football Club with the sixth pick in the 2009 Rookie Draft. He joined indigenous Swan Districts teammate Chris Yarran at Carlton, who was drafted in the 2008 AFL Draft at pick 6.
After playing in Carlton's 2009 NAB Cup series, he was elevated off the rookie list in place of injured ruckman Robert Warnock. He made his debut in Round 1, 2009 against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, scoring a goal with his first kick. Garlett played ten games for Carlton in 2009, scoring twelve goals. Late in the season, he, as well as teammates Cameron Cloke and Eddie Betts, was internally suspended by Carlton for one game after failing to attend a recovery session.
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