Jonathon McCormick
Encyclopedia
Jonathon "Jon" McCormick is a former Australian rules football
er who played with Carlton
in the Australian Football League
(AFL). After being delisted by the Blues at the end of 2004, McCormick returned to his former team, Wangaratta
, to play in the Ovens & Murray Football League
. McCormick won the Morris Medal, awarded to the Ovens & Murray Football League's best and fairest
player, in 2006 and also won back-to-back premierships with Wangaratta in 2007 and 2008, before suffering a knee injury in 2009 that forced him to retire from the game.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played with Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL). After being delisted by the Blues at the end of 2004, McCormick returned to his former team, Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....
, to play in the Ovens & Murray Football League
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
. McCormick won the Morris Medal, awarded to the Ovens & Murray Football League's best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
player, in 2006 and also won back-to-back premierships with Wangaratta in 2007 and 2008, before suffering a knee injury in 2009 that forced him to retire from the game.
Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.