About Courtney Johns
Courtney Johns (born 14 November 1984) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). == Early career == Johns was recruited by Essendon from East Fremantle. A career threatening fractured labrum in his draft year (2002 rookie draft) which kept him from the playing field for over two years. The injury left doubts that he would ever run again, let alone play football. He had several surgeries to remove floating bone fragments from his distraught left hip, prolonged rehabilitation and a modified training regime to make an apparent full recovery. He was elevated to senior level at Essendon in 2005. == AFL career == === 2006 === He suffered a rib injury after the round 14 game against Fremantle, where he showed good signs in his best game for the club until that stage - booting 3 goals and taking 7 marks. When he made his return in round 19, he continued to show good signs with another 3 goal haul against Collingwood, helping to result in Essendon's third win for the season. Round 20 against Hawthorn saw him kick no goals and have little impact as in previous games that season. He made up for it to some extent by kicking a goal against Richmond in round 21.
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