Jack Macrae

Jack Macrae
Macrae at Western Bulldogs training in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Jackson Macrae
Nickname(s)	Jacko,[1][2] Nator[3]
Date of birth	(1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 30)
Original team(s)	Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup), Carey Baptist Grammar School (APS)
Draft	No. 6, 2012 Draft (Western Bulldogs)
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Western Bulldogs
Number	11
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–	Western Bulldogs	230 (54)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2020	Victoria	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player (2016) 3x All-Australian (2019, 2020, 2021) Gary Ayres Award (2021) AFL Disposals Leader (2021) AFL Rising Star nominee (2013)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jackson Macrae (born 3 August 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) tall and 85 kg (187 lb), he plays as a ball-winning midfielder who can play on the inside or as a running outside midfielder. He grew up in Kew, Victoria while attending Carey Baptist Grammar School, where he won the best and fairest award while playing for their top team. He played top-level junior football with the Oakleigh Chargers in the NAB League and Vic Metro in the AFL Under 18 Championships.

Macrae was drafted with the sixth selection in the 2012 AFL draft. He made his debut the following year in 2013. He received a nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award in round 8 of the 2013 season. Since then, he has been an AFL Premiership player, three-time All-Australian midfielder, three-time Doug Hawkins Medallist, two-time Gary Dempsey Medallist and a Gary Ayres Medallist. He has polled a total of 95 Brownlow Medal votes in his career, and holds the all-time league record for most disposals in a season.