About Jeff Farmer (footballer)
Jeff Farmer (born 24 June 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first Indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League (AFL). == Early life == Farmer hails from Tambellup, Western Australia. == AFL career == === Melbourne === Known as "The Wizard" (or "The Wiz") because of his uncanny ability to create goals from nothing, Farmer began his AFL career with the Melbourne Football Club in 1995. His career best goalkicking performance came against Collingwood at the MCG in 2000 when he kicked 9 goals in the second half after barely being able to get a touch in the first two-quarters. He was taken from the field for the third quarter and was on the interchange bench before Ben Beams suffered a broken wrist and was unable to continue. Farmer kicked 8 goals against North Melbourne in the 2000 preliminary final. He finished the 2000 season with a career best 76 goals and was named in the All-Australian team. After 118 games and 259 goals for Melbourne, he was traded to Fremantle at the end of 2001. === Fremantle === Farmer kicked less than 30 goals in each of his first two seasons with Fremantle.
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