John Meesen

John Meesen
Personal information
Full name	John Meesen
Date of birth	(1986-06-20) 20 June 1986
Original team(s)	Modewarre Football Club Geelong Falcons
Draft	8th overall, 2004 Adelaide
Height / weight	200 cm / 95 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–2007 2008–2010	Adelaide Melbourne	2 (0) 4 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.

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). 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.^[1] After failing to play a senior match in 2010 due to injury, Meesen was delisted at season's end.^[2] Melbourne subsequently appointed Meesen to the role of part-time development coach.

References

↑ "Newton and Meesen re-drafted as Rookies". Melbourne Football Club. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
↑ Rogers, Michael (29 October 2010). "Demons part with Johnson". Australian Football League. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

External links

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

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. Matthew 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

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. Thomas 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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