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Australian rules footballer (born 1986)

Australian rules footballer

John Meesen
Personal information
Full name	John Meesen
Date of birth	(1986-06-20) 20 June 1986 (age 38)
Original team(s)	Modewarre Football Club Geelong Falcons
Draft	8th overall, 2004 Adelaide
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–2007	Adelaide	2 (0)
2008–2010	Melbourne	4 (0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Meesen (born 20 June 1986) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

Drafted with the 8th selection in the 2004 draft, Meesen 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 earlier 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 the 37th selection in the 2007 AFL draft. He made his debut for Melbourne in Round 3, 2009.

Meesen was delisted at the end of the 2009 season along with Michael Newton; both were re-drafted as mature age rookies. After failing to play a senior match in 2010 due to injury, Meesen was delisted at season's end. Melbourne subsequently appointed Meesen to the role of part-time development coach.

Recently, Meesen returned to his home grown club, Modewarre, where he took the opportunity to co-coach a young and talented team alongside veteran, Josh Finch. Meesen immediately attained the respect from his teammates and committee and begun a very successful 2018 season in Geelong's Bellarine Football League (BFL). Modewarre begun the season with just one win through the first four matches, however, turned the season around winning 9 of the next 11 games to ultimately gain a spot in the BFL Grand Final against the red hot favourites, Barwon Heads. Meesen was a dominant force in the ruck which reflected in his team's performances and brought Modewarre's first Premiership to the club since entering the BFL competition. Meesen was awarded best on ground for his grand final performance to complete his successful season. Meesen also finished runner up in the BFL League Les Ash Medal vote count however Meesen was reported during a minor incident in the 2018 season.

Meesen joined Collegians Football Club in 2021, initially as a Ruck coach, though he went on to play 8 games in the season as Collegian's primary Ruck option.

References

"Newton and Meesen re-drafted as Rookies". Melbourne Football Club. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
Rogers, Michael (29 October 2010). "Demons part with Johnson". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

External links

John Meesen's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
John Meesen's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e 2004 AFL national draft
First round	1. Brett Deledio (PP) 2. Jarryd Roughead (PP) 3. Ryan Griffen (PP) 4. Richard Tambling 5. Lance Franklin 6. Tom Williams 7. Jordan Lewis 8. John Meesen 9. Jordan Russell 10. Chris Egan 11. Adam Thomson 12. Danny Meyer 13. Matthew Bate 14. Angus Monfries 15. Lynden Dunn 16. Adam Pattison 17. Andrew McQualter 18. Cameron Wood 19. Ryan Willits
Second round	20. Dean Polo 21. Thomas Murphy 22. Jesse Wells 23. Sean Rusling 24. Nathan van Berlo 25. Adam Hartlett 26. Matt Little 27. Pat Garner 28. Chad Gibson 29. Matt Rosa 30. Andrew Lee 31. Jarred Moore 32. Brent Prismall 33. Cain Ackland 34. James Ezard 35. Fabian Deluca
Third round	36. Luke McGuane 37. Mark LeCras 38. Damien McCormack 39. Travis Cloke (F/S) 40. Ivan Maric 41. Luke Blackwell (F/S) 42. Jesse W. Smith (F/S) 43. Michael Newton 44. Mitch Morton (F/S) 45. Justin Sherman 46. Henry Slattery 47. David Spriggs 48. Nathan Ablett (F/S) 49. Mark McGough 50. Jayden Attard 51. Ben Eckermann
Fourth round	52. Dean Limbach 53. Simon Taylor 54. Stephen Tiller 55. Adam Iacobucci 56. Chris Knights 57. Brad Smith 58. Brad Moran 59. Benet Copping 59. Paul Thomas 60. Heath James 61. Matthew Egan 62. James Gwilt 63. Luke Forsyth
Fifth round	65. Mark Graham 67. Toby Stribling 68. Ben Schwarze 69. Daniel Haines 73. Chris Bryan
Sixth round	74. Daniel Pratt 77. Anthony Raso

v t e 2010 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Daniel Harris 2. Michael Coad 3. Sam Iles 4. Roland Ah Chee 5. Danny Stanley 6. Michael Newton 7. Robert Hicks 8. Michael Barlow 9. Majak Daw 10. Henry Playfair 11. Lewis Broome 12. Cameron Hitchcock 13. Wayde Skipper 14. Taite Silverlock 15. Jaryd Cachia 16. Mitch Golby 17. Luke Thompson 18. Tom Hunter 19. Brodie Moles 20. Mark Hutchings 21. Jack Weston
Second round	22. John Meesen 23. Pat Contin 24. Alex Silvagni 25. Matthew Scott 27. Andrew Strijk 28. Daniel Webb 29. Jarrod Kayler-Thomson 30. Ben Howlett 31. Joe Dare 32. Josh Dyson 33. Matthew Wright 34. Jack Carter 35. Andrew Hooper 36. Daniel Archer 37. Ben Johnson
Third round	38. Relton Roberts 40. Ashton Hams 41. Cameron Cloke 42. Michael Johnston (NSWSE) 43. Stewart Crameri 44. Levi Casboult 46. Matthew Jaensch 47. Seamus McNamara 48. Matthew Panos 49. Jarryd Allen 50. James Podsiadly
Fourth round	51. Nicholas Westhoff 53. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 54. Glenn Dawson 55. Marcus Marigliani 56. Simon White 58. Aidan Riley 59. Eddie Prato 60. Leigh Fisher 61. Jesse Stringer
Fifth round	62. Graham Polak 63. Chrissy McKaigue 64. Daniel Bass 65. John Williams 66. Joshua Donaldson 67. Niall McKeever 68. Patrick Rose 69. Tommy Walsh
Sixth round	70. Jamie O'Reilly 71. Nathan Gordon (NSWSE) 72. Jordon Johns (NSWSE) 73. Zach Tuohy 74. Sean Yoshuira (QLDPS) 75. Dylan McNeil 76. Claye Beams 78. Broc McCauley (QLDPS)

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