John Worsfold

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Worsfold
Occupation	Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth	Sep 25, 1968(1968-09-25)
Age	56
Birthplace	Subiaco
Country	Australia
Birth City	Western Australia
Horoscope	Virgo

John Worsfold Biography

John Worsfold is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on September 25, 1968 in Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia. Australian rules soccer coach who is known for his time at direction of the West Coast Eagles, where they recorded a 149-130-2 mark over the course of 12 seasons in the club. After three years of a hiatus from the sport He was appointed the head coach of Essendon in the beginning of the 2016 season.

Chris Judd served as West Coast captain in 2006, when Worsfold led the club to the premiership. served as West Coast captain in 2006 in the year 2006, when Worsfold took the team to the top spot in the league.

Born in Subiaco, and growing up in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, Worsfold attended South Fremantle Senior High School in Beaconsfield, graduating in 1985. Falling into the South Fremantle Football Club’s recruitment zone, he played in the club’s underage teams, and also played in the Western Australia under-18 team that won the state’s first Teal Cup in 1985. Worsfold made his senior WAFL debut for South Fremantle in 1986, and played a total of 19 games in his debut season, leading him to be awarded the Rookie of the Year award by the Daily News. At South Fremantle, he also won “Player of the Future” and “Best First Year Player” awards in 1985 and 1986, respectively.

In October 1986, Worsfold was named as a member of the West Coast Eagles’ inaugural 32-man squad. He made his senior debut for the club in round four of the 1987 season, against Carlton at Princes Park. Worsfold played a total of 11 games in the club’s inaugural season and also played five games in the WAFL for South Fremantle. The following season, he cemented his role in the side playing every game except for two games missed due to suspension in rounds nine and ten. At the end of the season, Worsfold was awarded the Club Champion Award as West Coast’s best and fairest, winning by ten votes from runner-up Guy McKenna. He was also awarded a total of five votes in the Brownlow Medal for the best player in the competition, including two votes for 30-disposal and 28-disposal games against Essendon and Melbourne. Worsfold played in his first finals match at the conclusion of the 1988 season, a two-point loss to Melbourne at Waverley Park. Worsfold led West Coast in disposals, kicks, and tackles in 1988.

He has three kids together with wife Georgina whom he got married in 1994. The younger of his brothers was an AFL player.

John Worsfold Net Worth

John Worsfold is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Worsfold 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A skilled footballer who also played with West Coast for a dozen years, winning 209 caps during his time as captain from 1991 until 1998.

His coaching experience at West Coast was filled with extreme lows and highs, when he became the fourth coach to guide that same squad to win the AFL first- place trophy as captain and coach, but in addition, he “won” the ignominious wooden spoon when he finished 4-18 in 2010.

John Richard Worsfold (born 25 September 1968) is a former Australian rules football player and current coach best known for his career for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his senior debut for the South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and was named an inaugural squad member of West Coast on their formation in 1986. After winning the club’s best and fairest award in 1988, Worsfold was appointed the captain of the club in 1991, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1998. During his period at the club, Worsfold played in 209 games, which including the 1992 and 1994 premiership sides. During this time, he also appeared in five State of Origin matches for Western Australia, including captaining his state twice.

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Who is John Worsfold Dating?

According to our records, John Worsfold married to Georgina Worsfold. As of December 1, 2023, John Worsfold’s is not dating anyone.

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In an era where most coaches had implemented “the flood” defence by having their players zone back, Worsfold maintained a man-on-man style of game for his West Coast team during the mid-2000s. While this led West Coast to much success in the home and away season, finishing second and first after the home and away rounds in 2005 and 2006 respectively, the strategy, or rather the inflexibility from this strategy also led to criticism at times. Firstly, teams such as the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle were perceived to exploit West Coast’s macro-positioning. However, the most notable example of this criticism came after the qualifying final against Sydney in 2006. However, West Coast did proceed to defeat Sydney in the Grand Final three weeks later.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Australian Rules Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. John Worsfold celebrates birthday on September 25 of every year.

As part of a restructure of Carlton’s coaching panel, Parkin moved to more of an overseeing role, with his senior assistant coach, Wayne Brittain, given a greater role. Under this structure, Worsfold was given responsibility for coaching the defence, including formulating the club’s kick-in strategy. At the end of the 2000 season, with Carlton having lost to Essendon in a preliminary final, Parkin retired as coach, and was replaced by Brittain. Having maintained his role as a defensive coach under Brittain, Worsfold was again considered a strong candidate for several other clubs’ vacant senior coaching positions during (and at the conclusion of) the 2001 season. After Damian Drum’s sacking as coach of Fremantle midway through the season, Worsfold was approached to interview for the position, but refused, stating a desire to wait until the end of the season. He also stated in his interest in the position at St Kilda, which was eventually filled by Grant Thomas, who had been serving as caretaker coach. After Carlton’s season ended with a semi- final loss to Richmond, Worsfold interviewed with both Fremantle and his old playing club, West Coast, who had sacked Ken Judge. He was considered likely to take up the position at Fremantle, with Neil Craig considered a favourite to coach West Coast, but eventually leveraged his status at Fremantle into securing the West Coast position.

How old is John Worsfold?

54 years (September 25, 1968)

Who won the John Worsfold medal?

YearPlayerHeight
2022| Tom Barrass| 194cm
2021| Nic Naitanui| 201cm
2020| Nic Naitanui| 201cm
2019| Luke Shuey| 183cm

Who won the John Worsfold Medal 2021?

West Coast key defender Tom Barrass was rewarded for a standout season, winning his first John Worsfold Medal as the Eagles’ club champion, click here to read more. The club also took the opportunity to farewell departing Chairman, Russell Gibbs and club leading goal kicker, Josh Kennedy.

Who is Essendon's coach?

Ben Rutten

Who has coached the West Coast Eagles?

Adam Simpson