Jordan Lewis

Jordan Michael Lewis (born 24 April 1986) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.

AFL career

Hawthorn

Lewis was drafted by Hawthorn with Pick 7 in the 2004 AFL draft. Hawthorn originally had intended to draft Lewis with Pick 10, but were concerned that Lewis would not be available by that point, and so the club made a trade with in order to gain Pick 7.^[1] He made his AFL debut in season 2005.

Lewis was voted Hawthorn's best first-year player in 2005. He was a 2005 nominee for the AFL Rising Star award.

In 2008, Lewis was part of the Hawthorn team that won the premiership against Geelong.

A Hawthorn vice-captain in 2012, Lewis led the side while captain Luke Hodge was sidelined during the early part of the season.

In 2014 Lewis played his 200th AFL game in Round 7, as the Hawks defeated by 145 points.^[2] Jordan also won his third premiership for Hawthorn as well as earning his first ever Peter Crimmins Medal.

At the end of the 2015 season, Lewis became one of only seven current AFL players to have won four AFL premierships.^[3]

Melbourne

At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Lewis was traded to the Melbourne Football Club.^[4]

On 20 August 2019, Lewis announced that he would retire at the end of the season. He was flanked by his only two AFL coaches, Alastair Clarkson and Simon Goodwin, at his retirement press conference.^[5]

Statistics

|- style=background:#EAEAEA | 2005 || || 40 | 19 || 2 || 1 || 151 || 156 || 307 || 86 || 39 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 7.9 || 8.2 || 16.2 || 4.5 || 2.1 || 0 |- | 2006 || || 3 | 20 || 5 || 2 || 216 || 177 || 393 || 117 || 39 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 10.8 || 8.9 || 19.7 || 5.9 || 2.0 || 2 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | 2007 || || 3 | 24 || 14 || 6 || 310 || 285 || 595 || 177 || 52 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 12.9 || 11.9 || 24.8 || 7.4 || 2.2 || 8 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 2008^# || || 3 | 20 || 6 || 6 || 232 || 269 || 501 || 127 || 24 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 11.6 || 13.5 || 25.1 || 6.4 || 1.2 || 9 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | 2009 || || 3 | 19 || 9 || 7 || 243 || 255 || 498 || 113 || 45 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 12.8 || 13.4 || 26.2 || 5.9 || 2.4 || 2 |- | 2010 || || 3 | 23 || 15 || 7 || 272 || 232 || 504 || 136 || 62 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 11.8 || 10.1 || 21.9 || 5.9 || 2.7 || 7 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | 2011 || || 3 | 22 || 12 || 8 || 267 || 228 || 495 || 123 || 68 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 12.1 || 10.4 || 22.5 || 5.6 || 3.1 || 2 |- | 2012 || || 3 | 22 || 27 || 15 || 243 || 247 || 490 || 108 || 67 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 11.0 || 11.2 || 22.3 || 4.9 || 3.0 || 1 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | bgcolor=F0E68C | 2013^# || || 3 | 24 || 17 || 10 || 280 || 244 || 524 || 116 || 91 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 11.7 || 10.2 || 21.8 || 4.8 || 3.8 || 4 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 2014^# || || 3 | 24 || 17 || 9 || 338 || 330 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | 668^† || 136 || 92 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 14.1 || 13.8 || 27.8 || 5.7 || 3.8 || 15 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | bgcolor=F0E68C | 2015^# || || 3 | 23 || 9 || 3 || 357 || 308 || 665 || 149 || 72 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 15.5 || 13.4 || 28.9 || 6.5 || 3.1 || 8 |- | 2016 || || 3 | 24 || 12 || 8 || 324 || 309 || 633 || 133 || 100 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 13.5 || 12.9 || 26.4 || 5.5 || 4.2 || 11 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | 2017 || || 6 | 19 || 5 || 3 || 216 || 284 || 500 || 93 || 47 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 11.4 || 14.9 || 26.3 || 4.9 || 2.5 || 2 |- | 2018 || || 6 | 24 || 5 || 2 || 285 || 255 || 540 || 115 || 37 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 11.9 || 10.6 || 22.5 || 4.8 || 1.5 || 0 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | 2019 || || 6 | 12 || 6 || 3 || 116 || 77 || 193 || 41 || 23 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 9.7 || 6.4 || 16.1 || 3.4 || 1.9 || 0 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career^[6] ! 319 !! 161 !! 90 !! 3850 !! 3656 !! 7506 !! 1770 !! 858 !! 0.5 !! 0.3 !! 12.1 !! 11.5 !! 23.5 !! 5.5 !! 2.7 !! 71 |}

Honours and achievements

Team

• 4× AFL premiership player (): 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
• 2× Minor premiership (): 2012, 2013

Individual

• All-Australian team: 2014
• Peter Crimmins Medal: 2014
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2005
• Under 18 All-Australian team: 2004
• Hawthorn life member

Personal life

Lewis is married to Lucy (Freer), and they have 4 sons: Hugh, Freddie, Ollie and Bobby.^[7] His first son was born in 2015, days before he played in the 2015 AFL Grand Final. Lewis carried the newborn onto the podium as he was awarded his medallion.

Post-playing career

Following his retirement, Lewis became a part-time coach at Melbourne, helping with players' kicking skills and in a development role for younger players.^[8]

Lewis is a commentator for Fox Footy and SEN as an expert commentator.^[9][10]

References

1. ^ Ralph, Jon (April 6, 2015). "How Hawthorn fooled Richmond to scoop Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead, Jordan Lewis in 2004 draft". The Mercury. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
2. ^ Mitchell, Lake set to miss against Swans, AFL.com.au official website, 3 May 2014
3. ^ [1] Under the heading "Played For Premiership Winning Team at Any Time During Season"
4. ^ Browne, Ashley (18 October 2016). "Hawthorn star Jordan Lewis becomes a Demon". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
5. ^ Black, Sarah & McGowan, Marc (20 August 2019). "Four-time flag star to play final AFL game on Saturday". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
6. ^ "Jordan Lewis". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
7. ^ Pierik, Jon (20 August 2019). "Lewis defends Goodwin and takes aim at Schwarz". The Age. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
8. ^ "Dees announce new role for four-time premiership Hawk". 6 November 2019.
9. ^ "Fox Footy". afl.com.au. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
10. ^ "Australia's best race caller, Brownlow Medallist join AFL Nation commentary team". www.sen.com.au. Retrieved 2024-04-21.