Full name Lin Jong Number 46 Career start 2012 Weight 89 kg | Height/Weight 187 cm / 84 kg Height 1.88 m Draft #9, 2012 Rookie Draft Name Lin Jong | |
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Date of birth (1993-06-04) 4 June 1993 (age 22) Profiles | ||
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Lin Jong (Chinese: 楊昇; pinyin: Yáng Shēng) (born 4 June 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the club in the 2012 Rookie Draft, with pick 9. He is the first Australian of East Timorese and Taiwanese descent to play in the AFL.
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Early years
Lin's father, Vitor, an East Timorese of Chinese background, fled in 1978 at the age of 18 due to the civil war. He worked and studied in Japan, Macau, Hong Kong, and finally Taiwan where he met his wife Faye. After marrying they immigrated to Australia in 1985.
Jong attended school at Brentwood Secondary College. He started playing football at the age of 15.
AFL career
Jong made his debut in round 20, 2012, against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
In 2014, Jong was promoted to the senior list and also signed to a new contract, tying him to the club until the end of 2016.
In 2016, Jong cracked his collarbone in the Western Bulldogs' elimination final victory over West Coast. Despite this injury, Jong earned a Norm Goss Memorial Medal seventeen days later by putting in a best-on-ground effort for his club's reserves team in its victory over the Casey Scorpions in the 2016 VFL Grand Final. In a successful ploy to avoid contact with his injury, Jong took inspiration from Footscray legend Charlie Sutton by taping the opposite shoulder.
On 7 October 2016, after being linked with Collingwood and Gold Coast in preceding weeks, Jong re-signed with the Western Bulldogs on a two-year deal.