Jordan Lewis
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Jordan Michael Lewis is an 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, currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 of the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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. His nicknames are "Taz" and "Chief".

Lewis was voted Hawthorn's best first-year player in 2005. He was a 2005 nominee for the AFL Rising Star award
AFL Rising Star award
The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. Since 2007 the winner has been presented with the Ron Evans Medal and was first awarded in 1993...

.

On 11 June 2006 Lewis was accused of spitting on Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...

 onballer Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes
Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...

. Lewis apologised to Cornes after the incident, in which he spat on Cornes' hand. On 14 June, an AFL inquiry found that it was unclear whether Lewis had accidentally spat on Cornes, while spitting on the ground, or whether his actions were deliberate. the league declined to impose a penalty and investigations officer John Coburn said: "the fact that Cornes' hand was at his side lent weight to Lewis' claim he was intending to spit on the ground."

Currently Lewis is studying Marketing at MIBT

Lewis had a quiet start to the 2008 Grand Final against Geelong but after half time was instrumental and a key player in Hawthorn's winning second half.
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