Jordan Lewis


Jordan Michael Lewis is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2005 to 2016.

AFL career

Hawthorn

Lewis was drafted by Hawthorn with the seventh selection in the 2004 AFL Draft and made his AFL debut in season 2005.
Lewis was voted Hawthorn's best first-year player in 2005. He was a 2005 nominee for the AFL Rising Star award.
In 2008, Lewis was part of the Hawthorn team that won the premiership against Geelong.
A Hawthorn vice-captain in 2012, Lewis led the side whilst captain Luke Hodge was sidelined during the early part of the season.
In 2014 Lewis played his 200th AFL game in Round 7, as the Hawks defeated by 145 points. Jordan also won his third premiership for Hawthorn as well as earning his first ever Peter Crimmins Medal.
At the end of the 2015 season, Lewis became one of only seven current AFL players to have won four AFL premierships.

Melbourne

At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Lewis was traded to the Melbourne Football Club.
On 20 August 2019, Lewis announced that he would retire at the end of the season. He was flanked by his only two AFL coaches, Alastair Clarkson and Simon Goodwin, at his retirement press conference.

Statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2016
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2017
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2018
! colspan=3| Career
! 307
! 155
! 87
! 3734
! 3579
! 7313
! 1729
! 835
! 0.5
! 0.3
! 12.2
! 11.7
! 23.9
! 5.6
! 2.7

Honours and achievements

Team
Individual

Personal life

Lewis is married to Lucy, and has three sons, Hugh, Freddie and Ollie. His first son was born in 2015, days before he played in the 2015 AFL Grand Final. Lewis carried the newborn onto the podium as he was awarded his medallion.

After footy

Following his retirement, Lewis became a part-time coach at Melbourne, helping with players' kicking skills and in a development role for younger players.
Lewis is a commentator for Fox Footy and SEN as an expert commentator.