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Jason Snell

Geelong

AFL career

68 games62 goals

Debut
R1 1996 v MEL29 Mar 1996
Most recent
R3 2001 v MEL16 Apr 2001

Stats

2001
GEE
3
7.3
6.7
14.0
4.3
0.3
0.7
3.0
1.3
0.3
67
2000
GEE
15
9.7
5.9
15.6
4.4
0.6
0.8
2.0
0.7
0.7
65
1999
GEE
21
8.3
3.8
12.0
4.3
0.6
0.3
1.0
0.8
0.5
54
1998
GEE
16
5.1
2.6
7.7
2.3
0.2
0.6
0.8
0.9
0.6
35
1997
GEE
10
6.8
3.7
10.5
3.6
0.5
0.7
0.7
1.3
0.3
48
1996
GEE
3
4.0
1.0
5.0
1.3
0.0
0.3
1.0
1.0
0.0
27
League
Season
MEL
MCG
R3
2
5
7
1
0
0
0
0
1.0
25
STK
CS
R2
7
6
13
3
0
2
0
5
1.0
62
WCE
Shell
R1
13
9
22
9
1
0
0
4
2.1
114

Profile

Born
27 July 1977 (age 49y 86d)
Height
180 cm
Weight
81 kg

Teams

Recruited from the Eastern Ranges with pick 10 in the 1995 National Draft, Jason Snell was a lively half-forward with a natural eye for goal and the capacity to rotate through the midfield. He established himself as a regular contributor for Geelong in the late 1990s, providing energy and scoring power inside 50 alongside the club's key forwards. However, his time at the elite level is largely defined by its abrupt and unfortunate conclusion; in Round 3, 2001, he suffered a horrific ankle dislocation and fracture during a contest against Melbourne at the MCG. Despite undergoing multiple surgeries and an exhaustive 18-month rehabilitation process in an attempt to return to senior football, the permanent structural damage proved insurmountable, forcing him to announce his retirement at the end of the 2002 season at just 25 years of age.