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* [[Michael Tuck Medal]]: (2009)
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* Most games played as an AFL captain (245 games)
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'''Joel Anthony Selwood''' (born 26 May 1988) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Geelong Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL). He is a [[AFL premiership medallion|
A standout junior [[track and field]] athlete and footballer, Selwood entered top-level football early, joining the [[TAC Cup]] competition as a [[TAC Cup#Age eligibility|bottom-aged player]]. His accomplishments as a junior included [[Most Valuable Player]] awards at state and international levels, and he earned selection in the under-18 All-Australian and TAC Cup Team of the Year sides as a junior. A potential top pick in the [[2006 AFL Draft]], Selwood sustained a serious knee injury during his final year of junior football that caused him to fall to Geelong's first pick at seventh overall. Selwood made his AFL debut in [[2007 Geelong Football Club season|2007]], winning the [[AFL Rising Star Award]] and [[AFL Players Association awards|AFLPA Best First-Year Player Award]]. He set a VFL/AFL record with a 92% winning percentage in his first 50 games (46–4), and he was a member of three premiership teams with Geelong in his first five seasons ([[2007 AFL Grand Final|2007]], [[2009 AFL Grand Final|2009]], and [[2011 AFL Grand Final|2011]]), the last of which as vice-captain. With Selwood made captain of the team in 2012, Geelong made the finals in all but one season during his tenure, playing in seven preliminary finals and two Grand Finals—culminating in Geelong's tenth premiership in [[2022 AFL Grand Final|2022]], after which Selwood retired.
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Selwood finished the season ranked first among all first-year players in several major statistical categories:<ref name="stats" /> total possessions (405), disposals per game (19.3), kicks (216), handpasses (189), marks (109), tackles (94)—the most ever by any first-year AFL player<ref name="tackle">[http://stats.afl.com.au/public/home.shtml "AFL Statistics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106185917/http://stats.afl.com.au/public/home.shtml |date=6 November 2006 }}. [[Australian Football League|AFL]]. Accessed 13 May 2008.</ref>—and tackles per game (4.5). His 23 score assists during the season also ranked him within the top ten in the league.<ref name="stats" /> Selwood added to his list of first-year honours at season's end with the Geelong Football Club Best First-Year Player Award, along with a top-20 placing in the [[Carji Greeves Medal|Club Champion award]].<ref name="player_profile">[http://www.geelongcats.com.au/player-profile/joel-selwood "Player Profile – Official AFL website of the Geelong Football Club"]{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. [[Australian Football League|AFL]]. Retrieved 4 November 2007</ref> He also received several media end-of-year sporting awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Young guns keep firing |url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/general/young-guns-keep-firing/730368.aspx |publisher=Bendigo Advertiser |access-date=24 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060525/http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/general/young-guns-keep-firing/730368.aspx |archive-date=6 March 2012 |date=13 October 2007}}</ref>
==== 2008 ====
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==== 2014 ====
Despite a [[hamstring]] injury during the 2014 pre-season, Selwood made a recovery to lead Geelong to an unbeaten record over the first five rounds of the 2014 home-and-away period. He averaged over 27 disposals, 6 tackles, and a goal during the winning streak until the club suffered their first loss for the season against Port Adelaide in round six. Geelong were defeated a further three times over the following two months, coinciding with Selwood's lower averages of 19 disposals and 4 tackles a game. Despite his overall inconsistent performances, Selwood was praised for his ability to make key contributions during games; he kicked the winning goal against Carlton in Round 12 and scored 3 goals against St Kilda in Round 13 from only 11 disposals.<ref name="persist">Wade, Nick, [http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/selwood-always-finds-a-way/story-fnjuhrxq-1226905548967 "Selwood always finds a way"], ''The Geelong Advertiser'', 5 May 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014</ref><ref name = "persist2">Matthews, Bruce, [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-coach-mick-malthouse-livid-over-lastminute-umpiring-calls-in-fivepoint-loss-to-geelong-at-etihad-stadium/story-fni5f5nx-1226946460456?nk=7a375d3c494825e2f362eff07db5b583 "Carlton Coach Mick Malthouse livid over last minute umpiring calls in five-point loss to Geelong at Etihad Stadium"], ''The Herald Sun'', 7 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014</ref> Coach Chris Scott lauded him as having "a mark of a great player"<ref name = "persist"/> who could "find a way to change things ... and play his best when the game was demanding it"<ref name = "persist"/> even after "struggling at times within games and when it seemingly isn’t going [his] way".<ref name = "persist"/> Carlton coach [[Mick Malthouse]] similarly praised Selwood as "an outstanding player ... he wills his side to win"<ref name = "persist2"/> and the player he would pick to have in his own team if given the choice.<ref name = "persist2"/> Selwood and the Cats finished the season with a 17–5 win–loss record to qualify in third position for the finals series.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 September 2014|title=Mastermind season review: Geelong Cats|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2014/09/16/after-putting-their-double-chance-to-waste-and-exiting-september-in-straight-sets-one-must-think-about-whether-the-great-geelong-dynasty-could-be-finally-about-to-end-yet-again-the-cats-defied-the/|access-date=14 November 2020|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}</ref> In the Qualifying Final against Hawthorn, Selwood gathered 31 disposals, 16 contested possessions, 9 clearances, 6 tackles, and 3 goals but was unable to prevent a 36-point defeat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawks' late surge sees off persistent Cats|url=http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2014/24/haw-v-geel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902090641/http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2014/24/haw-v-geel|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2014|last=McNicol|first=Adam|publisher=AFL|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hawthorn beats Geelong by 36 points to reach AFL preliminary finals|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-05/hawthorn-beats-geelong-to-reach-preliminary-finals/5724284|last=AAP|publisher=[[ABC Sports|ABC Grandstand]]|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref> Needing to defeat North Melbourne in the Semi-Final to remain in the finals, Selwood accumulated 24 disposals, a game-high 16 contested possessions, a game-high 11 clearances, and 8 tackles. However, he was again unable to prevent a 6-point defeat, and Geelong were eliminated from the finals series. The loss was the first time that Selwood had experienced consecutive defeats in a finals series with Geelong.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kangaroos pip Cats by six points to enter preliminary final|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-match-report/kangaroos-pip-cats-by-six-points-to-enter-preliminary-final-20140912-10gch0.html|publisher=[[The Age]]|last=Gleeson|first=Michael|date=12 September 2014|accessdate=13 September 2014}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GEE v NM: Finals Week 2: Match Stats|url=http://www.theage.com.au/match-centre/afl/match-20140142501.html|publisher=[[The Age]]|last=|first=|date=13 September 2014|accessdate=13 September 2014}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Despite his team's exit from the finals series, Selwood was recognised and rewarded for his individual season through several end-of-season awards. He was named to his fourth overall [[2014 All-Australian team|All-Australian]] team as the starting ruck-rover, and he was honoured with the captaincy for the second successive season. He also won his third consecutive, and fourth overall, AFLPA Robert Rose Award as the adjudicated most courageous player.<ref name=":0" /> In addition, he placed second for the AFLPA Best Captain Award,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phelan |first1=Jennifer |title=AFLPA awards: Nat Fyfe rated best by his peers |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/446236/aflpa-awards-nat-fyfe-rated-best-by-his-peers |website=AFL |access-date=22 January 2022 | date = 9 September 2014}}</ref> eighth overall for the AFLPA Most Valuable Player Award, seventh in voting for the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year Award, and tied for fifth overall in the Brownlow Medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Brownlow Medal: Full vote count, leaderboard |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2014/09/23/2014-brownlow-medal-full-vote-count-leaderboard/ |website=The Roar |access-date=22 January 2022 | date = 22 September 2014}}</ref> Selwood's 21 votes in the [[2014 Brownlow Medal]] count saw him set a new club record for most career Brownlow Medal votes by a Geelong player.<ref name = "mostbrownlow">Peeters, Tom, [http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2014-09-23/selwood-tops-cats-alltime-brownlow-votes "Selwood tops Cats all-time Brownlow votes"], ''Geelong Football Club'', 23 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014</ref> With 137 votes across 8 seasons, he ranked ahead of [[Garry Hocking]], who had previously held the club record with 133 votes in 15 seasons.<ref name = "mostbrownlow"/> His role throughout the season was demonstrated as he led the team in total disposals (614), tackles (144), clearances (153), and inside-50s (100) while kicking the third-most goals (24) and providing the second-most goal assists (20).<ref name=2014-stats>{{cite web|title=2014 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/2014.html|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=29 September 2013}}</ref> In recognition, he won the club Coach's Award as well as his second consecutive Carji Greeves Medal. He became the seventh player in the club's history to win at least three Carji Greeves Medals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNicol |first1=Adam |title=Selwood named top Cat for third time in thrilling vote count |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-10-02/selwoods-triple-treat |publisher=AFL |access-date=3 October 2014 | date = 2 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murnane |first1=Matt |title=Joel Selwood joins list of Geelong greats |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/joel-selwood-joins-list-of-geelong-greats-20141002-10pl7l.html |website=The Age |access-date=19 February 2022 | date = 2 October 2014}}</ref>
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==== 2015 ====
In the [[2015 AFL season]], Selwood produced several strong performances early in the season despite the team's shaky start. Against Gold Coast in Round 3, Selwood led Geelong to a 9-point win with 38 disposals—23 of which were contested possessions—8 clearances, 6 tackles, 5 inside-50s, and a goal. His performance prompted his teammate [[Mitch Duncan]] to declare him as "an extraordinary player"<ref name="burden">{{cite web |last1=Connolly |first1=Rohan |title=Geelong skipper Joel Selwood carrying too much of the burden |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-skipper-joel-selwood-carrying-too-much-of-the-burden-20150420-1mp3ue.html |website=The Age |access-date=19 February 2022 | date = 21 April 2015}}</ref> whilst his coach Scott suggested that "his teammates should consider it a privilege to be playing alongside him".<ref name="carey">{{cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Wayne |title=Match-winners are a rare breed - they never stop believing |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/matchwinners-are-a-rare-breed--they-never-stop-believing-20150507-ggwes1.html |website=The Age |access-date=19 February 2022 | date = 7 May 2015}}</ref> In Round 19 against Sydney, Selwood made his 200th appearance for the club and led Geelong to victory with 35 disposals, 6 marks, and 6 inside-50s. His milestone appearance at 27 years of age made him the youngest player in club history to play 200 games.<ref name="milestonegame">{{cite web |last1=Reynolds |first1=Ryan |title=Geelong Cats: Humble hero Joel Selwood set to play game 200 |url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-cats-humble-hero-joel-selwood-set-to-play-game-200/story-fnjuhrxq-1227475545577 |website=The Geelong Advertiser |access-date=19 February 2022 | date = 8 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810081731/http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-cats-humble-hero-joel-selwood-set-to-play-game-200/story-fnjuhrxq-1227475545577 |archive-date=10 August 2015}}</ref> He also became the fourth-fastest player in VFL/AFL history to play 200 games after achieving the milestone in 8 years and 129 days.<ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Luke |title=Joel Selwood purrs to game 200 for Geelong |url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/3264842/selwood-purrs-to-game-200/ |website=Bendigo Advertiser |access-date=19 February 2022 | date = 7 August 2015}}</ref> With the departure of several experienced teammates over the previous three seasons, Selwood was responsible for leading an inexperienced midfield throughout the season. Often matched up against opposition [[Australian rules football positions#Taggers|taggers]] and receiving minimal support, Selwood struggled with consistency.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pierik |first1=Jon |title=Geelong Cats great says teammates need to help Joel Selwood |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/geelong-cats-great-says-teammates-need-to-help-joel-selwood-20150525-gh93a0.html |website=The Age |access-date=19 February 2022 | date = 25 May 2015}}</ref> Despite leading the team in several statistical categories and averaging career highs in clearances, Selwood recorded his lowest disposal average since his first year as well as his lowest disposal efficiency, lowest uncontested possession average, and highest clanger average of his career.<ref name = stats/> His inconsistent performances coincided with Geelong consequently finishing the year in tenth place with an 11–1–10 win–draw–loss record, thus missing out on qualifying for the finals series for the first and (what ended up being) only time in Selwood's career. Selwood also failed to be nominated into the All-Australian squad or final team for the first time since his debut season. However, he still finished third for the AFLPA Most Courageous Player Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fyfe goes back-to-back as the AFLPA's Most Valuable Player |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/200442/fyfe-goes-back-to-back-as-the-aflpas-most-valuable-player |website=AFL |publisher=Australian Associated Press |access-date=25 January 2022 | date = 15 September 2015}}</ref>
==== 2016 ====
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==Personal life==
Selwood is married to Brit Davis, a model and special education teacher
Since winning the AFL Rising Star Award sponsored by the [[National Australia Bank]] (NAB), Selwood has been involved in several promotions for the bank, including in an ambassadorial role and in several television advertisement appearances. He is also an ambassador for [[Auskick]], the AFL's junior development program that is sponsored by NAB, annually acting as a mentor for the junior player deemed 'Auskicker of the Year'.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ralph |first1=Jon |title=Geelong's Joel Selwood vows Cats' best yet to come |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25102461-19742,00.html |website=news.com.au |publisher=The Herald Sun |access-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227161416/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25102461-19742,00.html |archive-date=27 February 2009 |date=25 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NAB Auskick Ambassador Joel Selwood |url=https://tlaworldwide.com/case-study/nab-auskick-ambassador-joel-selwood/ |website=TLA Worldwide |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> Along with his parents and brothers, Selwood works on behalf of the [[Seeing Eye Dogs Australia|Seeing Eye Dogs Association]] (SEDA) organisation. Selwood and his family sponsor pups who are being trained as a [[guide dog]]s, including one named "Selwood" in his family's honour. SEDA has said that the family's widespread dispersal around Australia, with Adam and Scott in Western Australia while Joel and Troy remain in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], has helped to publicise the organisation's nationwide activity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brotherly love put aside at Geelong |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Brotherly-love-put-aside-at-Geelong/2007/06/16/1181414598688.html |publisher=The Age |access-date=17 February 2022 |date=17 June 2007}}</ref> During the [[2010 Geelong Football Club season|2010 season]], Selwood was officially appointed as the club's community ambassador for various charitable community activities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gullan |first1=Scott |title=Joe Selwoodl's deal off the rack |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/joe-selwoodls-deal-off-the-rack/story-e6frf9jf-1225881091164 |publisher=The Herald Sun |access-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313124738/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/joe-selwoodls-deal-off-the-rack/story-e6frf9jf-1225881091164 |archive-date=13 March 2011 |date=18 June 2010}}</ref> Selwood subsequently became the public face of both the [[Cotton On Group|Cotton On]] Foundation and its sponsorship for the rebuilding of the children's ward at Geelong Hospital.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2010/06/18/183531_news.html|title=Geelong Cats star Joel Selwood helps kids
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