Jeff Garlett
Jeffrey Garlett (born 3 August 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is of Indigenous descent. Background Garlett played his early football for Burracoppin, before playing for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League in 2007. He lived with Anne and Maurice Embley (parents of many Swan Districts players, including 's Andrew Embley) and with Swans captain Shane Beros. Altogether, Garlett played 21 league matches for Swans between 2007 and 2008. AFL career Carlton (2009–2014) Garlett was recruited to the AFL by the Carlton Football Club with the sixth pick in the 2009 Rookie Draft. He joined indigenous Swan Districts teammate Chris Yarran at Carlton, who was drafted in the 2008 AFL Draft at pick 6. After playing in Carlton's 2009 NAB Cup series, he was elevated off the rookie list in place of injured ruckman Robert Warnock. He made his debut in Round 1, 2009 against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, scoring a goal with his first kick. Garlett played ten games for Carlton in 2009, scoring twelve goals. Late in the season, he, as well as teammates