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Josh P. Kennedy

Josh Kennedy
Josh Kennedy (Syd) 2017.3.jpg
Kennedy in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Joshua P. Kennedy
Date of birth (1988-06-20) 20 June 1988 (age 28)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons/Xavier College
Draft 40th pick (FS), 2006 National Draft (Hawthorn)
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 12
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008–2009 Hawthorn 013 0(4)
2010– Sydney 171 (112)
Total 184 (116)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 1, 2017.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joshua P. "Josh" Kennedy (born 20 June 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL), he previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club. The son and grandson of former Hawthorn players, he was originally recruited to Hawthorn in the 2006 national draft under the father–son rule. Kennedy debuted for the club during the 2008 season, but was traded to Sydney prior to the 2010 season, having played 13 games for Hawthorn. An inside midfielder, he has since become a regular for Sydney. He has won the Bob Skilton Medal three times as the club's best and fairest (2012, 2015, 2016) and also played in a premiership in 2012. Kennedy has been named in the All-Australian team on three occasions, in 2012, 2014 and 2016 as well as finishing equal third in the 2014 Brownlow Medal. He has served as the captain of Sydney since the 2017 season.

Kennedy is the son of John Kennedy Jr., a former Hawthorn player and grandson of John Kennedy, Sr., an Australian Football Hall of Fame member. He finished Year 12 studies at Xavier College in Kew, Victoria in 2006, having also played for Ashburton Football Club as a youngster. In mid-2006 it was announced that he would be recruited in the 2006 AFL Draft by the Hawthorn Football Club for the 2007 season, under the father-son rule. Kennedy made his debut for the club in round nine of the 2008 season. He played two further games in his debut season, and ten the following season, but was traded to Sydney at the end of the 2009 season, along with Ben McGlynn, with Hawthorn receiving draft picks 39, 46, and 70 in exchange.


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