Jobe Watson
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Watson with Ella Keddie at the premiere of Goddess
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| Full name | Jobe Watson | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 40 (F/S), 2002 National Draft | ||
| Height / weight | 191 cm / 93 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Essendon | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2003– | Essendon | 200 (111) | |
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2014 | Australia | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jobe Watson (born 8 February 1985) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A dual All-Australian, three-time W. S. Crichton Medallist and representative of Australia in the 2014 international rules test, he captained Essendon between 2010 and 2015, and was the face of the Essendon playing group during its most turbulent period in the history of the VFL/AFL.
Watson was one of 34 players suspended for using a banned performance-enhancing substance during the Essendon supplements saga in 2012. Watson had originally won the Brownlow Medal as the league's fairest and best player during the season of the supplements program, but the title was stripped from him in 2016 as a result of the suspension.
Watson was educated at Kostka Hall preparatory school before studying at Xavier College in Melbourne. He played junior football with the East Sandringham Junior Football Club and the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. He is the son of Seven Network commentator and former Essendon player Tim Watson.
Watson was selected at pick 40 under the father–son rule in the 2002 national draft. He was initially coached as a key forward by Kevin Sheedy, who also coached his father, Tim Watson. His poor kicking by AFL standards drew criticism, and it was determined that he would be more suited to the midfield at Essendon. At the time, his weight was criticised by the media, as he was overweight for an AFL player. Over the next two seasons, he began to develop his craft in the Essendon midfield and became one of the competition's elite midfielders.
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