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Alex Jesaulenko Biography
Alex Jesaulenko is one of the famous Rules Footballer, who was born on the memorable day of August 2 in the year 1945. Alex Jesaulenko is a proud citizen of Austria.
Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton from 1967 to 1979 and for St Kilda from 1980 to 1981.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, Alex Jesaulenko continues to be an inspiration for many.
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Education
Telopea Park School
Family
He was born to Vera and Vasil Jesaulenko.
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He served as captain while playing for Carlton, a role that was later filled by Chris Judd.
Career
He began playing Australian rules football when he was 14 years old, and quickly joined Eastlake Football Club.
Trivia
He became a player-manager late in his career, and after he stopped playing he continued to manage for a while.
Net Worth & Salary
Alex Jesaulenko net worth is $5 Million (2022).
Alex Jesaulenko Timeline
1949
Along with many other Eastern Europeans who were World War II refugees or displaced persons, the Jesaulenkos emigrated to Australia via the Norwegian passenger ship SS Skaugum and arrived in the port of Melbourne on 28 July 1949.
1960
Richmond opponent Kevin Bartlett regarded Jesaulenko as the most important player at Carlton during the years where the Richmond–Carlton rivalry reached its apex during the late 1960s and early 1970s:.
1964
After breaking into the senior team, he quickly established himself as a star, playing in three consecutive premierships for Eastlake from 1964 to 1966.
1966
Jesaulenko moved to Melbourne with his wife Anne in November 1966, and during his first pre-season was soon left in no doubt the standard that Barassi required at Carlton:
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1967
Jesaulenko made his senior VFL debut in the opening round of the 1967 season against Fitzroy at Princes Park, where he had 14 touches and kicked two goals in a 94-point victory.
1968
Jesaulenko would go on to play in four Carlton premierships – in 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1979.
1969
Jesaulenko was selected for All-Australian honours in 1969 and 1972.
1970
He immortalised his reputation in the game by taking the most iconic mark in football history in the 1970 VFL Grand Final.
1976
After finishing top of the ladder in 1976 but losing the Preliminary Final by one point and then losing in the last round of the home-and-away season to miss out on the finals in 1977, they had brought Ian Stewart over from South Melbourne to replace Ian Thorogood as senior coach.
1977
For a brief period in 1977, Jesaulenko wrote a weekly Tuesday column for The Canberra Times called 'Jezza on Rules'.
1978
He represented his home territory in 1978.
1979
He remains to date the only Carlton footballer to have kicked 100 or more goals in a season, and the last player-coach to win a VFL/AFL premiership (1979).
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1980
In a deal managed by trucking multimillionaire (now billionaire) and St Kilda club president Lindsay Fox, Jesaulenko moved to the St Kilda Football Club in 1980.
1981
Jesaulenko retired as a player after Round 8 on 16 May 1981.
1984
He retired at the end of 1984 after Sandgate lost their semi-final, after which he moved into the hotel business in Queensland for several years.
1985
Jesaulenko is mentioned in the 1985 song "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped" by Melbourne band TISM (This Is Serious, Mum), appearing on the band's self-titled demo tape.
1987
When Carlton set up their Hall of Fame in 1987, Jesaulenko was one of the inaugural inductees.
1988
Carlton had fallen one game short of the Grand Final in 1988 but started the 1989 season with five straight losses.
1989
In the first half of the 1989 VFL season, Carlton was in disarray when communication had almost completely broken down between the players and senior coach Robert Walls, who only two seasons prior had guided the Blues to the flag.
1990
This finish to the season was enough for Jesaulenko to be re-appointed as Blues senior coach for 1990, but he wasn't able to maintain the momentum and Carlton under Jesaulenko finished out of the finals yet again with a mid-table 11-11 record and another eighth placing when The Blues were expected to return to the top of the ladder in 1990 but won only fifty percent of their games.
1991
I don't mean to brag, but I'm quite a footballer too." (Bell, 1991).
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1993
His last coaching appointment, at Coburg for the 1993 season, was a total disaster, with the Lions losing all eighteen games during a losing sequence of thirty games in the dying days of the Victorian Football Association.
1996
He was also an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 2008 was elevated to Legend status.
1997
In 1997, he was inducted as an official Legend of the Carlton Football Club.
2002
In 2002, he was inducted into the Ukrainian Sports Hall of Fame.
2006
In 2006, Jesaulenko was featured in a Toyota Memorable Moments commercial with Stephen Curry and Dave Lawson, which involved spray-painting Jesaulenko's navy suit and trying several methods to recreate the famous mark he took in the 1970 Grand Final, including a small trampoline, a stepladder and finally succeeded with a large crane.
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2007
He was adamant that Pratt saved Carlton when he became club president during 2007:
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2008
It was against Collingwood, a Grand Final, the biggest crowd ever, Graeme's a six-foot-four ruckman, I guess there's a mystique in standing on top of him with your arms outstretched." The mark is captured in Jamie Cooper's painting The Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.
2009
In 2009 The Australian nominated Jesaulenko as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal.
2010
On 20 October 2010, he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
2012
In 2012, singer-songwriter Tex Perkins wrote and performed "Jesaulenko You Beauty" exclusively for The Marngrook Footy Show.
2013
In July 2013, Jesaulenko was named captain of the first Australia Post Multicultural Team of Champions.
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2022
In January 2022, Jesaulenko was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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