Josh P. Kennedy

Not to be confused with Josh J. Kennedy.

Josh Kennedy
Personal information
Full name	Joshua P. Kennedy
Date of birth	(1988-06-20) 20 June 1988 (age 24)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team	Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	#40 (F/S), 2006 National Draft, Hawthorn
Height/Weight	188cm / 96kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sydney
Number	12
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–2009 2010– Total	Hawthorn Sydney	13 (4) 73 (49) 86 (53)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2012 season .
Career highlights
Sydney premiership player 2012 Brett Kirk Medal Rd 1, 2012 All-Australian 2012 Bob Skilton Medal winner 2012

Joshua P. "Josh" Kennedy (born 20 June 1988) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Sydney Swans.

AFL career

Hawthorn

Kennedy finished Year 12 studies at Xavier College in Kew, Victoria in 2006 having also played for Ashburton Football Club as a youngster. In mid-2006 it was announced that he would be recruited in the 2006 AFL Draft by the Hawthorn Football Club for the 2007 season, under the father-son rule. Kennedy is the son of John Kennedy Jr., a former Hawthorn player and grandson of John Kennedy, Sr., an Australian Football Hall of Fame member.^[1]

Sydney Swans

2010 Season

In late 2009, Kennedy was offered a three-year deal by the Sydney Swans. Kennedy accepted the offer, as the Swans' offered him more opportunity to play senior football than Hawthorn, who had many players similar to Kennedy.^[2] He was traded to the Swans along with teammate Ben McGlynn for 2009 AFL Draft picks 39, 46 and 70.^[3] Kennedy capped a fantastic year by finishing 3rd in the Sydney Swans Best & Fairest, behind winner Kieren Jack and runner-up Shane Mumford. Kennedy was also awarded the Paul Roos Award for best player in the finals series.^[4]

2011 Season

Kennedy followed up his outstanding debut year in Sydney with another very consistent season in 2011. Despite a relatively slow start, Kennedy hit top form in the 2nd half of the year to finish equal 2nd with Rhyce Shaw in the Bob Skilton Medal (behind winner Adam Goodes). Kennedy further enhanced his growing reputation around the league with 2 more outstanding performances in the Swans' finals games against St.Kilda and Hawthorn.

2012 Season

Kennedy had his most consistent year earning himself his first All-Australian team selection.^[5] Kennedy won the Brett Kirk Medal in round one.^[6] Kennedy polled in equal eighth place in the Brownlow Medal, with 19 votes - the most of any Sydney player. He played in Sydney's Grand Final winning team, where he had 26 disposals and kicked two goals.^[7] He also won the Sydney Best & Fairest (Bob Skilton Medal) with (877) votes to win by a massive 172 votes from 2nd Ted Richards (705) and 3rd Ryan O'Keefe (701), managing to consistently poll votes in each round.^[8]

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References

^ Boulton, Martin (20 July 2006). "Bloodline runs true as a third-generation Kennedy takes his place at Hawthorn". The Age.
^ Niall, Jake (30 September 2009). "Favourite Hawk may leave nest". The Age.
^ "Kennedy and McGlynn to Swans". 8 October 2009.
^ "Kieren Jack: 2010 Club Champion".
^ Cordy authorlink=Neil Cordy, Neil (18 September 2012). The Daily Telegraph http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/all-australian-selection-complements-career-turnarounds-by-swans-josh-kennedy-and-ted-richards/story-fnelctok-1226476116912 |url= missing title (help).
^ Kogoy, Peter (24 March 2012). "Small leap for AFL's Giant experiment in derby 1". The Australian.
^ Sam Lienert and John Salvado (29 September 2012). "Sydney Swans outlast favourites Hawthorn in classic grand final to claim the 2012 AFL premiership".
^ "Sydney Swans midfielder Josh Kennedy emphatically claims first Bob Skilton medal after superb season". 5 October 2012.

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External links

Josh P. Kennedy's profile on the official website of the Sydney Swans
Josh P. Kennedy's statistics from AFL Tables

Sydney Swans – current squad

1 Membrey
2 Shaw
3 McVeigh (c)
4 Hannebery
5 O'Keefe
6 Mitchell
7 Cunningham
8 Tippett
9 Malceski
10 Morton
11 Lamb
12 Kennedy
13 Everitt
14 Bird
15 K. Jack (c)
16 Rohan
17 Walsh
18 White
19 Armstrong
20 Reid
21 McGlynn
22 Towers
23 Lockyer
24 Bolton
25 T. Richards
26 Parker
27 Robinson*
28 Dick
29 Mattner
30 Roberts-Thomson
31 Marsh
32 Jetta
33 B. Jack*
34 Johnson
35 Naismith*
36 Brown
37 Goodes
38 Pyke
39 Grundy
40 Smith
41 Mumford
42 X. Richards*
43 Rampe*
44 Lloyd*
46 Biggs*

Coach: Longmire

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e Sydney Swans 2012 AFL Premiers

Sydney Swans 14.7 (91) defeated Hawthorn 11.15 (81), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 3. McVeigh 2. Shaw 4. Hannebery 5. O'Keefe 9. Malceski 10. Morton 12. Kennedy 14. Bird 15. Jack 20. Reid 24. Bolton 25. Richards 26. Parker 29. Mattner 30. Roberts-Thomson 32. Jetta 34. Johnson 37. Goodes 38. Pyke 39. Grundy 40. Smith 41. Mumford

Coach: Longmire

Bob Skilton Medal · Sydney Swans Best and Fairest Winners

1927: McKay
1928: Stanbridge
1929: Wheelahan
1930: Hillis
1931: Thomas
1932: Faul
1933: Clarke
1934: Brain
1935: Hillis
1936: Matthews
1937: Matthews
1938: Thomas
1939: Matthews
1940: Matthews
1941: Ritchie
1942: Cleary
1943: Matthews
1944: Cleary
1945: Graham
1946: W. Williams
1947: W. Williams
1948: Clegg
1949: Clegg
1950: W. Williams
1951: Clegg
1952: Schaefer
1953: Taylor
1954: Lane
1955: Gillett
1956: Dorgan
1957: Taylor
1958: Skilton
1959: Skilton
1960: Johnson
1961: Skilton
1962: Skilton
1963: Skilton
1964: Skilton
1965: Skilton
1966: Papley
1967: Skilton
1968: Skilton
1969: Bedford
1970: Bedford
1971: Bedford
1972: Cook
1973: Bedford
1974: Goss
1975: Bedford
1976: Quade
1977: Teasdale
1978: Murphy
1979: Round
1980: Ackerly
1981: Round
1982: Ackerly
1983: Browning
1984: Evans
1985: Wright
1986: Healy
1987: Healy
1988: Healy
1989: Bayes
1990: Wright
1991: Mitchell
1992: Kelly
1993: Kelly
1994: Cresswell
1995: Lockett
1996: Kelly
1997: Kelly
1998: O'Loughlin
1999: Schwass
2000: Schuable
2001: P. Williams
2002: P. Williams
2003: Goodes
2004: Hall
2005: Kirk
2006: Goodes
2007: Kirk
2008: McVeigh
2009: O'Keefe
2010: Jack
2011: Goodes
2012: Kennedy

v t e Brett Kirk Medal · Sydney Derby Best on Ground

Rd 1, 2012: Kennedy Rd 14, 2012: Jack Rd 1, 2013: Jack

v t e 2012 All-Australian team

Defenders Sean Dempster (St Kilda) Luke McPharlin (Fremantle) Darren Glass (West Coast – captain) Beau Waters (West Coast) Ted Richards (Sydney) Grant Birchall (Hawthorn)

Midfielders Trent Cotchin (Richmond) Jobe Watson (Essendon) Dayne Beams (Collingwood)

Forwards Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide) Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn) Stephen Milne (St Kilda) Tom Hawkins (Geelong) Dean Cox (West Coast)

Followers Nic Naitanui (West Coast) Scott Thompson (Adelaide) Gary Ablett (Gold Coast – vice-captain)

Interchange Brett Deledio (Richmond) Josh Kennedy (Sydney) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) Dane Swan (Collingwood)

Coach John Longmire (Sydney)

v t e 2006 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Bryce Gibbs 2. Scott Gumbleton 3. Lachlan Hansen 4. Matthew Leuenberger 5. Travis Boak 6. Mitch Thorp 7. Joel Selwood 8. Ben Reid 9. David Armitage 10. Nathan Brown 11. Andrejs Everitt 12. James Frawley 13. Jack Riewoldt 14. James Sellar 15. Daniel O'Keefe 16. Mitch Brown 17. Shaun Hampson (PP) 18. Leroy Jetta (PP)

Second round	19. Shaun Grigg 20. Tom Hislop 21. Gavin Urquhart 22. Albert Proud 23. Paul Stewart 24. Brent Renouf 25. Nathan Djerrkura 26. Shane Edwards 27. Brad Howard 28. Chris Dawes 29. Eric Mackenzie 30. Ricky Petterd 31. Clayton Collard 32. Kurt Tippett 33. Jarryd Morton 34. Chris Schmidt

Third round	35. Mark Austin 36. Alwyn Davey 37. Todd Goldstein 38. James Hawksley 39. Nathan Krakouer 40. Josh P. Kennedy (F/S) 41. Tom Hawkins (F/S) 42. Bachar Houli 43. Tim Houlihan 44. Brad Dick 45. Brennan Stack 46. Colin Garland 47. Kyle Reimers 48. David Mackay 49. Daniel Currie 50. Will Schofield

Fourth round	51. Clint Benjamin 52. Brock O'Brien 53. Lindsay Thomas 54. Matt Tyler 55. Robbie Gray 56. Garry Moss 57. Simon Hogan 58. Daniel Connors 59. Jarryd Allen 60. Carl Peterson 61. Josh Hill 62. Isaac Weetra 63. Tyson Goldsack 64. Nick Gill 65. Peter Faulks 66. Malcolm Lynch

Fifth round	67. Joe Anderson 69. Ben Warren 70. Sam Sheldon 71. Justin Westhoff 73. Andrew Collins 74. Matthew Ferguson 76. Paul O'Shea 77. Calib Mourish 78. Bryce Campbell 79. Jesse White 80. James Thomson

Sixth round	82. Aaron Edwards 83. Ryan Williams

Seventh round	86. David Rodan

Persondata
Name	Kennedy, Josh
Alternative names	Kennedy, Joshua P.
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	20 June 1988
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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