| Jack Watts |
| Personal information |
| Full name | Jack Watts |
| Date of birth | 26 March 1991 (1991-03-26) (age 18) |
| Recruited from | Sandringham U18 |
| Draft | 1st overall, 2008
Melbourne |
| Height/Weight | 196cm / 88kg |
| Club information |
| Current club | Melbourne |
| Number | 4 |
| Playing career1 |
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) |
| 2009 – | Melbourne | 3 (2) |
| 1 Playing statistics to end of Round 13, 2009 season .
|
Jack Watts (born 26 March 1991) is an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Watts was selected by Melbourne with the first pick in the 2008 AFL Draft. He had previously been playing with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup, and currently attends Brighton Grammar School.
He was also a very promising junior basketball player who could have pursued a professional career in the sport after representing Victoria in under 18 state titles but decided instead to focus on an AFL career.[1]
Watts is an athletic, strong-marking tall forward with pace who is an excellent shot on goal. He represented Vic Metro in 2008, winning the Larke Medal and All-Australian honours [2] and performed well at the 2008 AFL Draft Camp. He recorded the second fastest time by a non-indigenous player in the 20 metres sprint with 2.82-seconds.[3]
Watts was awarded Melbourne's No. 4 guernsey, a guernsey previously worn by club legend Norm Smith, by Ron Barassi in a ceremony at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 December 2008.[4]
Watts made his debut for the Melbourne Football Club against the Collingwood Magpies in the AFL annual Queen's Birthday Clash at the MCG on Monday, the 8th of June [5]. Unfortunatley for young Watts, his team was defeated by 66 points (11 goals) at the hands of the in-form Collingwood Magpies
- ^ "Selection 1:Jack Watts". AFL BigPond Network. 29 November 2008. http://www.melbournefc.com.au/tabid/7415/Default.aspx?newsid=70145. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ Edmund, Sam (15 November 2008). "Jack of all trades, master of one". Herald Sun. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24652913-19769,00.html. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (24 November 2008). "Picks of the draft: Jack Watts". realfooty.com.au. http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/jack-watts/2008/11/23/1227375063498.html. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ^ Ralph, Jon (2 December 2008). "Jack Watts goes from No.1 to No.4". Herald Sun. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24737078-11088,00.html. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ^ Boulton, Martin (4 June 2008). "Dees No.1 draft pick ready". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/dees-no1-draft-pick-ready/2009/06/03/1243708507031.html. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
