- Jarrad Grant
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| firstname = Jarrad
lastname = Grant
birthdate = Birth date and age|1989|7|6|df=yes
birthplace =
originalteam =Dandenong Stingrays
heightweight = 192.4cm/76.7kg
dead = alive
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playingteams = Western Bulldogs (2008-)0 games, 0 goals
coach = notcoach
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statsend = 2007
careerhighlights =Jarrad Grant (born 6 July 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the
Western Bulldogs Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2008.Recruited from his
TAC Cup team, theDandenong Stingrays , Grant is an AIS/AFL Academy graduate hailing from theFrankston Bombers . [cite web | author=westernbulldogs.com.au | title=Jarrad Grant | date=24 November 2007 | url=http://afl.com.au/footscrayfc/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/4112/Default.aspx?newsId=53649] .Grant nominated for the 2007 AFL National Draft. He was selected by the Bulldogs with their first selection (#5 overall) in the hope that he would add height and marking power to the Bulldogs small forward line. [cite web | author=Jennifer Witham | title=Bulldogs' 'mixed bag' of talent | date=24 November 2007 | url=http://westernbulldogs.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/4112/Default.aspx?newsId=53759] .
On 22 February Jarrad (who was named as an emergency for the NAB Cup game later that night against the Bombers) was stung by a stingray. Ironically he played for Dandenong Stingrays at Under 18's level and 22 February was Steve Irwin's birthday, who was fatally wounded by a stingray in 2006. He was later released from hospital but missed the game.
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