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Jackson tried out initially at Richmond but the rover was not wanted by the club due to his size. Despite this rejection, he had a successful career with Melbourne where he became a star rover/forward pocket and was a handy goal scorer topping the Dees goal-kicking in 1988 with 43 goals. Most notably he kicked five goals in Melbourne's Preliminary Final win over Carlton that year, although he went goal-less from the forward pocket in their Grand Final loss.

A Victorian interstate representative, Jackson was picked up by Footscray in the 1991 AFL Draft but did not break into their seniors. He represented Australia in the 1990 International Rules series.

What are your favourite memories of Ricky Jackson?

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45 1986 Melbourne 2 14 4 10 24 0 1 0   3 2 0
45 1987 Melbourne 14 162 16 66 228 25 19 0 18 20 16 3
45 1988 Melbourne 26 311 49 131 442 43 28 0 35 27 21 7
45 1989 Melbourne 18 165 29 78 243 15 15 0 9 21 12 1
45 1990 Melbourne 10 147 30 60 207 26 14 0 9 15 12 5
45 1991 Melbourne 10 86 17 43 129 22 7 0 5 11 9 0
Totals 80 885 145 388 1273 131 84 0 76 97 72 16
Avg/Game 13.3 11.1 1.8 4.9 15.9 1.6 1.1 0.0 1.0 1.2 0.9  
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Wells 11 Redleg

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Loved ricky too. he so alllllllmost won us the THAT prelim final against the hawks with a blistering run in the last few minutes of the game. If my memory serves me right he handballed to yeats  20 meters out , in space,  slight angle who rushed his kick and missed. The image is etched on my brain. 

Bit sad to remember he only actually played 80 games. 

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I remember an amazing win at Windy Hill, where Ricky took two contested marks in the goal square at the members' end,for two goals that ultimately were significant in our win.

Contested marks were definitely not his strongpoint, but he did it that glorious day.

He was as fast as lightning , and was inspiring as he dashed away from packs bouncing the ball,and was a pretty good short passer.

He surely wasn't an "in-and-under "type, but I think he is an example of the fallacy of not picking players because they're "too short". Though it was in the 80's , I reckon it still is true.(Caleb Daniel, Dayne Zorko come to mind).

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One of my first games was against I think Footscray at the MCG in 1991. They were building the new stand. Jako and Jackson both went on a tear and it locked me as a delusional melbourne supporter.

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My favorite memory of Ricky Jackson is without a doubt the 1988 Prelim final against Carlton, shocking conditions, Jackson was brilliant kicking 5 straight for the day. Best part of the day was in the last quarter Ricky had a running shot for goal that hit the post, umpire didn't see it and gave it a goal, it sealed the victory, Jackson's 5th for the day. Carlton fans were filthy, it was beautiful.

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2 hours ago, poita said:

I'm amazed to read that he only played 80 games and was basically only a regular selection for two years.

His stats were good in 1990 - he must have been injured to only play 10 games that year.

Had a few injuries in his last 2 seasons Poita. When he was traded to Footscray i went to his 1st game for the Dogs which was  a practice match against Sydney at Skinner Reserve. He wrecked his knee in the 3rd quarter and never played again.  He was only 25 when he retired

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