Jake Edwards

Infobox afl player


firstname = Jake
lastname = Edwards


| birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1988|1|6
birthplace =
originalteam = Western Jets (Vic)
heightweight = 192cm / 82kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 20 March 2008
debutteam = Carlton
debutopponent = Richmond
debutstadium = MCG
playingteams = Carlton (2006-) 5 games, 4 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2008
careerhighlights =

Jake Edwards (born 6 January 1988) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Edwards played TAC Cup football with the Western Jets, and was selected in the 2005 AFL National Draft by the Carlton Football Club with its third round draft pick (#36 overall).

Edwards did not gain senior AFL selection during his first two seasons with the club. He spent 2006 and 2007 playing with Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants, although these years were also marred by injury. Edwards made his senior debut for Carlton in the opening game of the 2008 AFL season against Richmond. He plays primarily as a leading forward-pocket.

Edwards' father, Allan "Butch" Edwards, played a total of 113 games with Richmond, Collingwood and Footscray in the 1970s and 1980s. His grandfather Arthur Edwards played 120 games for Footscray in the 1950s and his great-grandfather Frank Aked, Sr. played 116 games for Footscray between 1925 and 1932. Shane O'Bree is Jake's cousin with Allan's sister Margaret being Shane's mother.cite journal|last=Ryan|first=Peter|title=O'Bree's Family Tree|journal=AFL Record|publisher=AFL |location=Melbourne, Victoria|volume=97|issue=Round 8, 2008|pages=62-66|issn=1444-2973]

External links

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*AflRleague|ref=J/Jake_Edwards.html
* [http://www.blueseum.org/cfc/tiki-index.php?page=Jake+Edwards Jake Edwards Profile in Blueseum]

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