Jason Johnson (Australian rules footballer)

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**Jason Johnson**
Personal information

Birth	January 25, 1978 (1978-01-25) (age 30),
Recruited from	Calder Cannons
Height and weight	182cm / 85kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 18, August 1, 1997, Essendon vs. North Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Essendon (1997-) 180 games, 107 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights
Essendon premiership side 2000 Essendon Best and Fairest 2001, 2005 All-Australian 2001 International Rules 2004

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Jason Johnson (born January 25, 1978) is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club.

Known as a tireless running midfielder, Johnson's career honours include All-Australian selection in 2001, the same year he won the W.S. Crichton Medal for Essendon's Best and Fairest player.

His namesake Mark Johnson is part of a midfield duo known at Essendon as the "Johnson boys", however Mark and Jason are actually not related in any way.

v • d • e Essendon Bombers squad – 2000 AFL Premiers (16th Title)

Captain: Hird \| Alessio \| Barnard \| Barnes \| Bewick \| Blumfield \| Caracella \| Fletcher \| Hardwick \| Heffernan \| J.Johnson \| M.Johnson \| Lloyd \| Long \| Lucas \| Mercuri \| Misiti \| Moorcroft \| Ramanauskas \| Solomon \| Wallis \| Wellman Coach: Sheedy

Preceded by Dustin Fletcher	Essendon Best and Fairest winner 2001	Succeeded by Mark Johnson
Preceded by Adam McPhee	Essendon Best and Fairest winner 2005	Succeeded by Scott Lucas