John Meesen
Personal information
Full name	John Meesen
Date of birth	20 June 1986 (1986-06-20) (age 23)
Recruited from	Modewarre Football Club Geelong Falcons Adelaide Football Club
Draft	8th overall, 2004 Adelaide
Height/Weight	200cm / 95kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Club information
Current club	Melbourne
Number	26
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005-2007 2008-	Adelaide Melbourne	2 (0) 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of Round 21, 2007 season .

John Meesen is an Australian rules football player, currently playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Drafted with pick 8 in 2004, Meesen has had a long wait to play his first senior game for the Adelaide Crows. Playing for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League, Meesen was a leading ruckman in the senior side, but was incapable of surpassing Rhett Biglands, Ben Hudson and Matthew Clarke for a spot in the Crows team. Following Biglands' 2007 season-ending injury in the 2006 Preliminary Final and Clarke's move to St. Kilda, it was thought that Meesen would begin season 2007 as back-up ruckman to Hudson. However an injury-plagued pre-season saw Jonathon Griffin and Ivan Maric move ahead of him in the pecking order.

Meesen finally made his debut in round 20 of 2007 against the Western Bulldogs at AAMI Stadium in the Sunday twilight fixture. He came in at the expense of Griffin. It was thought that he may have made his debut a week earler in his home town of Geelong against the Cats due to Hudson's club-imposed suspension, but the club decided that having an inexperienced ruckman playing alongside a debut ruckman wouldn't be a suitable situation. In October 2007 Meesen was traded to the Melbourne Football Club for Pick 37 in the 2007 AFL Draft. He made his debut for Melbourne in Round 3, 2009.

[edit] External links

• John Meesen profile on the Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club
• John Meesen's statistics from AFL Tables