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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1972}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jason Norrish
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|1|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Claremont Football Club|Claremont]] ([[West Australian Football League|WAFL]])<ref name="afl encyc">{{Ref AFL Encyc|9th|639}}</ref>
| debutdate = Round 14, 3 July 1993
| debutteam = [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]
| debutopponent = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
| debutstadium = [[Waverley Park]]
| height = <!-- ### cm -->
| weight = <!-- ### kg -->
| position = 
| statsend = 2002
| years1 = 1990–1992, 1995-2003
| club1 = [[Claremont Football Club|Claremont]]
| games_goals1 = {{0}}66 {{0}}(26)
| years2 = 1992–1994
| club2 = [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]
| games_goals2 = {{0}}20 {{0}}(2)
| years3 = 1995–2002
| club3 = [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]]
| games_goals3 = 128 (23)
| games_goalstotal = 214 (51)
| careerhighlights = *[[Doig Medal]] 1998
*[[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] vice-captain 1999–2001
}}

'''Jason Norrish''' (born 26 January 1972) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er. Norrish played as a defensive [[rover (football)|midfielder]] and began his football career at the [[Claremont Football Club|Claremont Tigers]].<ref name="afl encyc" />

==Early career==
Norrish grew up in [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] where he attended Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School. He represented WA in the State Schoolboys national championships before moving to Perth to attend [[Hale School]].<ref name="Hale">[http://www.oldhale.com/newsitem.phtml?NewsID=194 A Tiger. A Demon. A Docker . . .]</ref> In 1990 he made his debut for Claremont and the following year played in the Tigers' premiership side. At the [[1991 AFL Draft|1991 national draft]] he was taken by [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] with the 5th selection,<ref name="Best">[http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/the-10-greatest-dockers/story-e6frg1wu-1111116813308 The 10 greatest players in Fremantle Dockers history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711003432/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/the-10-greatest-dockers/story-e6frg1wu-1111116813308 |date=11 July 2016 }}</ref> with three other Claremont teammates selected before him. Norrish stayed at Claremont for the 1992 season, before moving to Melbourne in 1993.

==Melbourne Demons==
Norrish made his debut towards the end of the 1993 season and played in five of their last nine games. The following year he missed the first seven games, before playing in most of the remaining games, including all three finals.

==Fremantle Dockers==
With the introduction of the [[Fremantle Dockers]] to the AFL, coached by Norrish's Claremont premiership coach [[Gerard Neesham]], he was targeted as a priority signing. He returned as an uncontracted player and Melbourne were able to select [[Don Cockatoo-Collins]] as compensation. Hampered by injury in his first three seasons at the new club, including a groin injury in 1997,<ref name="afl encyc" /> he played all 22 games in 1998 and won named the [[Doig Medal|club champion]]<ref name="Best"/> by one vote from [[Adrian Fletcher]]. He claimed it was an award that recognised that he was 'just doing his job properly'. His reputation and standing amongst the team was recognised in 1999 when he was named as a vice-captain, a position he held through to the 2001 season. In 2001 he became the third player to play 100 games for Fremantle.

Following his retirement from AFL in 2002, he returned to Claremont and played for a further season before work commitments resulted in his retirement from all league football. In total he played 66 games for Claremont, 20 for Melbourne,<ref name="afl encyc" /> 128 for Fremantle<ref name="afl encyc" /> and one state game for Western Australia. He was inducted into the WA Two Hundred Club in 2003.<ref>[http://www.wafootball.com.au/coaching/resources/doc_download/658-200-club-players WA Football 200 Club] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012001520/http://wafootball.com.au/coaching/resources/doc_download/658-200-club-players |date=12 October 2011 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Doig Medal}}
{{Fremantle Football Club inaugural team}}
{{1991 AFL national draft}}
{{1995 AFL pre-season draft}}

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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Claremont Football Club players]]
[[Category:Fremantle Football Club players]]
[[Category:Doig Medal winners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Melbourne Football Club players]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Bunbury, Western Australia]]
[[Category:People educated at Hale School]]