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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{For|the American author (born 1937)|Jay Robert Nash}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jay Nash
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|12|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[South Australia]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Central District Football Club|Central District]] ([[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]])
| position = 
| statsend = 2010
| careerhighlights = * [[Central District Football Club|Central District]] Premiership 2010
| debutdate = Round 16, 15 July 2005
| debutteam = [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
| debutopponent = [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]
| debutstadium = the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 88 kg
| years1 = 2005–2009
| club1 = [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
| games_goals1 = 43 (10)
| years2 = 2010
| club2 = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| games_goals2 = {{0}}8 {{0}}(0)
| games_goalstotal = 51 (10)
}}

'''Jay Nash''' (born 21 December 1985) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Essendon Football Club]] and [[Port Adelaide Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL).

==Career==

Nash began his career in [[South Australia]], where he played for the [[Central District Football Club]]. As a young player, he played for the Nuriootpa Rover Football Club, in the [[Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association]].

He was drafted by Essendon Football Club in the [[2003 AFL Draft]] at Pick 28.

In Essendon's round 16 win against {{AFL Col}} in 2005, defender [[Andrew Welsh (footballer)|Andrew Welsh]] was unable to take his place on the field. Nash was called in to replace him only hours before the match was scheduled to begin and he was lined up against Collingwood's captain [[Nathan Buckley]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE050716HQ7T25QTNQN|first=Emma|last=Quayle|date=16 July 2005|title=Youngsters look on as old-timers take centre stage|work=The Age}}</ref>

Nash played 43 games and kicked ten goals during his career at Essendon.  He played a career high 21 games in the 2008 season, but only 2 games in 2009, as he struggled with foot injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/jay-nash-itching-to-make-run-for-port-adelaide/story-e6frecj3-1225834643848|title=Jay Nash itching to make run for Port Adelaide|first=Zac|last=Milbank|work=The Advertiser |date=26 February 2010}}</ref>

On 8 October 2009, Nash was traded to Port Adelaide in a four-team deal, which included [[Shaun Burgoyne]]. Nash made his Port Adelaide debut against [[Melbourne Demons]] in round 9, 2010. He was delisted by the club at season's end.<ref>{{cite web|last=Broad|first=Ben|title=Port cuts two more|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/104606/default.aspx|publisher=AFL BigPond Network|accessdate=26 October 2010|date=26 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029024623/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/104606/default.aspx|archivedate=29 October 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

For the 2014 season he returned to his junior club, the Nuriootpa Rover Football Club.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150706175029/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---n Essendon Past Players]
*{{AFL Tables|J/Jay_Nash}}

{{2003 AFL national draft}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Essendon Football Club players]]
[[Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players]]
[[Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia]]
[[Category:Central District Football Club players]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen]]