Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko (born 2 August 1945 in Salzburg, Austria) is a former champion Australian rules footballer who is rated by many as one of the greatest players of all time. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... This page is for the city of Salzburg. ... Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ...

Early life

His father was Ukrainian and mother Russian. The family emigrated to Canberra, Australia in 1949. Initially the young Jesaulenko played soccer, then rugby; not playing Australian rules until he was 14 years old. For other meanings see Canberra (disambiguation). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... General phase play in rugby union. ...

He began playing at the Eastlake Football Club in Canberra. Eastlake Football Club is a Football (Australian rules) club based in the inner-south of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. ...

Carlton career

Beginning in 1967, he played 256 games and kicked 424 goals with the club. A spectacular and popular player of the 1970s, Jesaulenko was renowned for his high marking and goal kicking. He kicked 115 goals in 1970 and played in the famous Grand Final that year before a record MCG crowd of 121,000 fans in which Carlton came from behind (44 points down at half-time) to win the premiership against Collingwood. Popularly known as "Jezza", he was the playing coach of the 1979 Carlton premiership team, perhaps his finest moment in football. "Jezza" was the last playing coach in the VFL/AFL to win a premiership. He was All-Australian in 1969 and 1972, and played in the 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1979 premierships with Carlton. Mcg could refer to: Microgram (mcg or µg) Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol) Muslim Consumer Group (MCG) Micronized Coffee Grounds (MCG) Magnetocardiography (MCG) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. ... Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues for their dark (navy) blue playing colours, is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ...

1970 Grand Final

He is best remembered for taking a spectacular mark in the 1970 Grand Final against Collingwood, where the famous commentary has Mike Williamson shouting "Jesaulenko, you beauty!". This "specky" is acclaimed by some to be the "Mark of the Century". This sparked Carltons giant comeback against Collingwood in the game as they went on to win the Grand Final. A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... Mike Williamson (born November 8, 1983) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Wycombe Wanderers in Football League Two. ... A specky (spekkie or screamer) is a slang term for a type of mark in Australian Football. ...

Later Carlton career

He had pay disputes with the club in 1977 and, having made his "solidarity" with George Harris an issue of his continued presence at Carlton, and having taken the position that "if he goes, I go" he cut all ties with Carlton at the end of 1979 after president George Harris was removed from office. George Prideaux Robert Harris (1775 - 1810) was a deputy surveyor and naturalist in Tasmania, Australia from 1803. ...

He was succeeded by stop-gap coach Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones (who had been given the nick-name "Percy" by Adrian Gallagher's Uncle, Murray Gallagher, for reasons best known to the two men involved, after the movie Percy about a young man with a very large grafted-on appendage). Percy (1971) is a British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas (1915 - 2001) starring Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer and Britt Ekland. ...

Mid-1989 Jesaulenko returned to again coach Carlton until the end of 1990. ohh Jesaulenko you beaty

St Kilda career

St Kilda went to great lengths to sign him as a player-coach. He played 23 games and kicked 20 goals for the Saints in 1980-1981, scoring a draw and a win in his first two games with the club. He stayed on for one more season as St Kilda coach. The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...

Post football

He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, and today works with VISY Recycling in Melbourne. The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year od the AFL to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules by Players, Umpires, Media personalities, Coaches, Administrators, and Legends. ... Visy Industries was established in Melbourne, Australia in 1948 and has grown to become one of the world’s largest privately-owned paper recycling and packaging companies. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...

He has adjudicated the Mark of the Year competition since 2005. The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. ...

In 2006, Jesaulenko was featured in a Toyota Memorable Moments commercial with Stephen Curry, recreating his mark in the 1970 Grand Final in a hilarious comedic manner which involved a crane to relive that mark he took almost 40 years ago. Toyota redirects here. ... Melbourne comedian who has appeared in many television shows and D-grade Australian comedies. ...

External links

• Photo of the Mark
• Alex Jesaulenko Profile in Blueseum