- Jason Mooney
Infobox afl player | firstname = Jason
lastname = Mooney
birthdate = 5 June 1973
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heightweight = 191 cm / 95 kg
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debutdate = Round 16, 1992
debutteam = Sydney
debutopponent = Fitzroy
debutstadium = The SCG
playingteams = Sydney (1992-98)
* 97 games, 51 goals
Geelong (1999-2001)
* 32 games, 50 goalsTotal - 129 Games, 101 Goals
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statsend = 2001
careerhighlights =Jason Mooney (born 5 June 1973) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with Sydney and Geelong in theAustralian Football League (AFL).Mooney made his debut for Sydney in 1992 and played mostly as a defender and in the ruck. He played an important part in Sydney's 1996 Finals campaign, kicking three goals in their six point Qualifying Final win over Hawthorn in the absence of star forward
Tony Lockett . He was used as a centre half-forward in the 1996 Grand Final but finished on the losing team.In the
1998 AFL Draft he was traded to Geelong and kicked 33 goals in his debut season, finishing just one goal short of topping their goalkicking that year. His tally included a career best bag of five against Essendon in Round 11.He is the older brother of Geelong premiership player
Cameron Mooney and played alongside him in 2000 and 2001. His career was plagued by knee injuries and it ended his AFL career in 2001.References
*AflRleague|ref=J/Jason_Mooney.html
*Holmesby, Russel and Main, Jim (2007). "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers". 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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