Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er for the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

.

Glen was recruited from South Fremantle

South Fremantle Football Club

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 in Western Australia

Western Australia

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 and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey. He was selected in that position in the All Australian team of 1994 and 1995.

Glen was notable for his duels with rival Centre Half Forward, North Melbourne Football Club

North Melbourne Football Club

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's Wayne Carey

Wayne Carey

Wayne Carey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Adelaide Football Clubs in the Australian Football League ....

. Carey was considered to be one of the best of all time, and the contests between these two were highly anticipated events on the football calendar.

After undergoing a knee reconstruction in 1996 he was unable to recapture his superlative form of the previous three years. Although still able to win his club's best and fairest award in 2000, he was not the imposing player of the past; who at his peak was rated by many as one of the very best players in the competition.

His brother Allen Jakovich

Allen Jakovich

Allen Jakovich is an Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray...

 was a full-forward

Full-forward

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 for the Melbourne Football Club

Melbourne Football Club

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. During their career, the two brothers lined up against each other on more than one occasion.

Much taller than his brother at 193 cm, but at 100 kg, both brothers were similarly large in stature.

Glen Jakovich retired from football in 2004.

Jakovich now is an Expert Commentator on Fox Sports

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 and 882 6PR.

In 2008 he was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.

Jakovich is married to Emily and they have three children. He is a second generation Australian of Croatian heritage.

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