Jarrod Harbrow
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
| Jarrod Harbrow | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Harbrow playing for Gold Coast in August 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jarrod Harbrow | ||
| Born |
18 July 1988 Cairns, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Original teams |
South Cairns Cutters (AFL Cairns) Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 27, 2007 Rookie Draft, Western Bulldogs | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007–2010 | Western Bulldogs | 70 (21) | |
| 2011–2021 | Gold Coast | 192 (33) | |
| Total | 262 (54) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009–2015 | Indigenous All-Stars | 3 | |
| International team honours | |||
| 2013 | Australia | 2 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 5, 2021. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2015. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jarrod Harbrow (born 18 July 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Harbrow was born in Cairns to an Indigenous Australian mother from Cairns and a Caucasian father from Mooroopna, Victoria.[1] His indigenous ancestry can be traced to the Yirrganydji and Kuku Yalanji[2] rainforest tribes in Far North Queensland.[3] He grew up in the town of Cairns, in Queensland and began playing junior football with the Manunda Hawks and then the South Cairns in the AFL Cairns competition. He attended Woree State School while based in Cairns.[4]
When Harbrow was 13, his brother was rushed to the Townsville Hospital after being diagnosed with leukemia.[5] As a result, Jarrod moved to Townsville with his family for one year and gave his brother bone marrow to survive leukemia.[1][6] He continued to play junior football for the Hermit Park Tigers and attended Townsville Grammar School.[7]
In 2005, at the age of 16, Harbrow moved to country Victoria where he played for the Mooroopna Football Club before joining the TAC Cup side the Murray Bushrangers in a bid to nominate for the AFL Draft. He represented Queensland at both the 2004 AFL Under 16 Championships and 2006 AFL Under 18 Championships, both sides winning the respective division titles.
He was overlooked in the 2006 AFL draft, however had already attracted the attention of AFL talent scouts Peter Dean and Scott Clayton.
