Jack Macrae | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jackson Macrae | ||
Nickname(s) | Jacko,[1][2] Nator[3] | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1994 | ||
Original team(s) | Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup), Carey Baptist Grammar School (APS) | ||
Draft | No. 6, 2012 Draft (Western Bulldogs) | ||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | St Kilda | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2013–2024 | Western Bulldogs | 249 (59) | |
2025– | St Kilda | 0 (0) | |
Total | 249 (59) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2020 | Victoria | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jackson Macrae (born 3 August 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Western Bulldogs Football Club. At 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) tall and 85 kg (187 lb), He plays as a ball-winning midfielder who can play on the inside or as a running outside midfielder. He grew up in Kew, Victoria while attending Carey Baptist Grammar School, where he won the best and fairest award while playing for their top team. He played top-level junior football with the Oakleigh Chargers in the NAB League and Vic Metro in the AFL Under 18 Championships. He previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2013 to 2024 and was in the 2016 premiership team.
Macrae was drafted with the sixth selection in the 2012 AFL draft. He made his debut the following year in 2013. He received a nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award in round 8 of the 2013 season. Since then, he has been an AFL Premiership player, three-time All-Australian midfielder, three-time Doug Hawkins Medallist, two-time Gary Dempsey Medallist and a Gary Ayres Medallist. He has polled a total of 106 Brownlow Medal votes in his career, and holds the all-time league record for most disposals in a season.