Joel Selwood - Kennington Sandhurst Junior Footballer from ???? to ????
Selwood made his AFL debut in 2007, winning the AFL Rising Star Award and AFLPA Best First Year Player Award. He has since become a dual premiership player, a two-time All-Australian, a Carji Greeves Medallist, and the youngest-ever recipient of the AFLPA Robert Rose Most Courageous Player Award. Selwood has also represented the Victorian state team as the youngest player to feature in the all-star event, and was awarded the Michael Tuck Medal following Geelong's 2009 NAB Cup victory. As of 2009, Selwood holds the highest winning–percentage record of any player in VFL/AFL history, helping the club reach three successive AFL Grand Finals
Honours and achievements
Team
- AFL Premiership (Geelong): 2007, 2009
- AFL McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2007, 2008
- AFL NAB Cup (Geelong): 2009
Individual
- All–Australian: 2009, 2010
- Carji Greeves Medal: 2010
- AFLPA Robert Rose Most Courageous Player Award: 2009
- Michael Tuck Medal: 2009
- AFLCA Best Young Player Award: 2008
- AFL Rising Star Award: 2007
- AFLPA Best First Year Player Award: 2007
- Geelong F.C. Best First Year Player Award: 2007
- Fox Sports Best First Year AFL Player Award: 2007
- Bendigo Sports Star of the Year Award: 2009
- Victorian Team representative honours in AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match: 2008
Other achievements
- Member of Geelong F.C. leadership group: 2009—present
- Only player in VFL/AFL history to win the AFL Rising Star Award and play in an AFL premiership within the same year: 2007[35]
- Only Geelong player to win the AFL Rising Star Award: 2007[105]
- Only footballer to win the Bendigo Sports Star of the Year Award: 2009[9]
- Highest winning percentage record of any player in VFL/AFL history (90 percent): 2009[55]
- Highest career average for frees received per game in AFL history (2.28 per game): 2009[72]
- Most free kicks ever received in a single season by a player (63 free kicks): 2008[106]
- Most tackles ever in a season by a first year player (92 tackles): 2007[38]
- Third-longest all-time streak for most consecutive victories by an AFL player (25 wins): 2008