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**Jason** **Blake**
	; ; #27 - Jason Blake - St Kilda FC; ;
Personal information
Birth	15 March 1981 (age 28)
Recruited from	Beaumaris Football Club/Prahran
Height and weight	191cm / 88kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 9, 5 May 2000, St. Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs, at Docklands, Melbourne; ;
Team(s)	St Kilda Football Club 2000 - 161 games, 33 goals
	¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights
	; St Kilda Minor Premiership side 2009; St Kilda AFL Cup Winning side 2008; St Kilda AFL Cup Winning side 2004;

Jason Blake (born 15 March 1981) is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

[edit] AFL Career

Blake at training prior to the 2009 AFL Grand Final

Blake was recruited as the number 24 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from the Beaumaris Football Club. He made his debut for St. Kilda in Round 9, 2000 against the Western Bulldogs. He played his 100th match for the Saints in round 9 of 2007 against Fremantle at Subiaco.

[edit] 2004 Wizard Cup

Blake played in St Kilda’s 2004 AFL Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side - St Kilda Football Club’s 2nd AFL Cup Win.^[1]

Blake is a versatile footballer, having spent much of the period between 2003 and 2006 as a ruckman for St Kilda, but also been able to play forward, back and be a tagger in the midfield. Whilst he is at times maligned by St Kilda fans, Blake capped off an improved 2007 season by finishing 9th in the club's Best and Fairest, the Trevor Barker Award.

[edit] 2008 NAB Cup

Blake played in St Kilda’s 2008 AFL National Australia Bank Cup winning side - St Kilda Football Club’s 3rd AFL Cup Win.^[2]^[3]

[edit] 2009 Season

Blake played in 22 of 22 matches in the 2009 AFL Premiership Season Home & Away Rounds where the St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the 2009 AFL Finals Series, winning the club’s 3rd Minor Premiership.^[4]

St Kilda won direct qualification through to the 2009 AFL Grand Final after Qualifying & Preliminary Final wins. Blake played in the 2009 AFL Grand Final where St Kilda was defeated by 12 points.

As of the end of the 2009 AFL Premiership Season, Blake had played in 11 AFL Finals Series matches - including 1 AFL Grand Final - and 2 AFL Cup Finals.

Blake's nickname at the club is "Space Cadet".^{[citation needed]}
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[edit] References

^ "AFL 2004 Wizard Cup Grand Final - Geelong v St Kilda". Slattery Media Group. 2004-03-13 22:10:53. http://images.slatterymedia.com/image/?image_id=114726. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
^ "St Kilda wins NAB cup". The Age. March 8, 2008 - 9:47PM. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/st-kilda-wins-nab-cup-by-five-points/2008/03/08/1204780132457.html?s_cid=rss_news. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
^ "Saints are NAB Cup Champions in 2008". Jeld-Wen. 08 March 2008. http://www.jeld-wen.com.au/pr/St-Kilda-2008/20080308.php. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
^ "2009 Season Scores and Results - Ladder". AFL Tables. 2009. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/2009.html#lad. Retrieved 2009-11-08.

[edit] External links

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[0] "AFL 2004 Wizard Cup Grand Final - Geelong v St Kilda". Slattery Media Group. 2004-03-13 22:10:53. http://images.slatterymedia.com/image/?image_id=114726. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

[1] "St Kilda wins NAB cup". The Age. March 8, 2008 - 9:47PM. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/st-kilda-wins-nab-cup-by-five-points/2008/03/08/1204780132457.html?s_cid=rss_news. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

[2] "Saints are NAB Cup Champions in 2008". Jeld-Wen. 08 March 2008. http://www.jeld-wen.com.au/pr/St-Kilda-2008/20080308.php. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

[3] "2009 Season Scores and Results - Ladder". AFL Tables. 2009. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/2009.html#lad. Retrieved 2009-11-08.

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