Gary Ablett Jr.

Gary Ablett Jr.
Ablett playing for Geelong in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Gary Ablett Jr.
Nickname(s)	Gaz, The Little Master
Date of birth	(1984-05-14) 14 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Moriac, Victoria
Original team(s)	Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 40 (F/S), 2001 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 2002, Geelong vs. Essendon, at the MCG
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder / forward
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002–2010	Geelong	192 (262)
2011–2017	Gold Coast	110 (124)
2018–2020	Geelong	055 0(59)
Total		357 (445)
Career highlights
2× AFL premiership player: 2007, 2009 2× Brownlow Medal: 2009, 2013 Gold Coast captain: 2011–2016 5× Leigh Matthews Trophy: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 3× AFLCA champion player of the year award: 2007, 2008, 2009 8× All-Australian team: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (c), 2012, 2013, 2014 2× Carji Greeves Medal: 2007, 2009 4× Gold Coast Suns Club Champion: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 Geelong leading goalkicker: 2006 2× Gold Coast leading goalkicker: 2012, 2013 2× Marcus Ashcroft Medal: 2012 (game 2), 2014 (game 1) Madden Medal: 2020 2× Lou Richards Medal: 2009, 2013
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary Ablett Jr. (born 14 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). The eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame member and former Hawthorn and Geelong player Gary Ablett Sr., Ablett was drafted to Geelong under the father–son rule in the 2001 national draft and has since become recognised as one of the all-time great midfielders.^[1] Ablett is a dual premiership player, dual Brownlow Medallist, five-time Leigh Matthews Trophy winner, three-time AFLCA champion player of the year award winner and eight-time All-Australian.

During his first stint at Geelong, Ablett won two premierships, two Carji Greeves Medals, a Geelong leading goalkicker award and the 2009 Brownlow Medal. He is also a life member of the club and has been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. At Gold Coast, Ablett was the club's inaugural captain, holding the role for the club's first six seasons, and won four Gold Coast Suns Club Champion awards (including the first three in the club's history), two Gold Coast leading goalkicker awards and the 2013 Brownlow Medal, the first Brownlow Medal in the club's history. Between 2014 and 2018, Ablett suffered a number of setbacks through injury; despite this, Ablett played 357 games, the thirteenth-most in VFL/AFL history at the time.