Josh Carr

For the rugby league footballer, see Josh Addo-Carr.

Josh Carr
Personal information
Full name Joshua Carr
Date of birth (1980-04-29) 29 April 1980 (age 44)
Original team(s) East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft 7th overall, 1998
Port Adelaide
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2000–2004 Port Adelaide 105 (60)
2005–2008 Fremantle 83 (44)
2009–2010 Port Adelaide 19 (5)
Total 207 (109)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joshua Carr (born 29 April 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club in the 1998 AFL Draft and made his debut for the club in 2000. After playing in the Power's 2004 premiership side, he returned to Western Australia in 2005 to play for the Fremantle Football Club, where he played alongside his elder brother Matthew Carr for four seasons. He returned to Port Adelaide in 2009 and played a further two seasons before retiring at the end of the 2010 season.

After his retirement, Carr continued on with the Power as an assistant coach between 2011 and 2015. He then coached SANFL club North Adelaide from 2016 to 2019, leading the club to the SANFL premiership in 2018. In October 2019, he re-joined Fremantle as an assistant coach for the 2020 season. Carr returned to Port Adelaide as the assistant coach for the 2023 season.

AFL career

Port Adelaide career (1999–2004)

In his first season, he did not play a game due to injury. In 2001 he became one of Port's key players, winning the best team man award. In 2004 he was appointed Vice Captain alongside Warren Tredrea. He played in the 2004 Port Adelaide premiership team before announcing he wanted to join Fremantle in 2005 to play alongside brother Matthew Carr.

Fremantle career (2005–2008)

Port eventually traded him and he returned to Western Australia at the beginning of the 2005 season.

Carr was named as Fremantle's vice-captain for the 2007 & 2008 seasons. He won the Ross Glendinning medal in the second Western Derby of 2007, gathering 26 possessions and kicking three goals as Fremantle notched up their eighth win over West Coast.

During the 2008 he began to question his career at Fremantle due to his brothers retirement. At the end of the 2008 season, Carr told the club that he wanted to be traded back to Port Adelaide for personal reasons. He played 83 games for Fremantle in four seasons.[1]

Return to Port Adelaide (2009–2010)

He was drafted at number 2 by the Power in the 2008 Pre-Season Draft and played his 200th AFL game against Carlton in round 20, 2009.

On 19 July 2010, Carr announced he would retire following Showdown XXIX at AAMI Stadium.[2] He ended his career with a 19-point win, marking an impressive 10–0 record in Showdowns.[3]

Coaching career

Port Adelaide assistant coach (2011-2015)

Between 2011 and 2015, Carr served as an assistant coach for Port Adelaide under senior coaches Matthew Primus and Ken Hinkley.[4]

North Adelaide Football Club senior coach (SANFL) (2016-2019)

Between 2016 and 2019, he served as senior coach of the North Adelaide Roosters in the SANFL, guiding the club to the premiership in 2018.[5]

Fremantle Football Club assistant coach (2019-2021)

In October 2019, Carr was appointed by Fremantle as an assistant coach for the 2020 season under senior coach Justin Longmuir.[5] On July 30, 2021, the club announced that Carr had stood down for an unstated period after he was fined by police for breaching WA quarantine restrictions.[6]

Port Adelaide assistant coach (2023-present)

Carr returned to Port Adelaide Football Club as senior assistant coach under senior coach Ken Hinkley for the 2023 season.[7]

Playing statistics

[8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
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  B  
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  H  
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  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2000 Port Adelaide 25 14 2 3 115 58 173 39 21 0.1 0.2 8.2 4.1 12.4 2.8 1.5
2001 Port Adelaide 25 24 18 9 266 124 390 108 55 0.8 0.4 11.1 5.2 16.3 4.5 2.3
2002 Port Adelaide 9 25 13 11 263 151 414 88 73 0.5 0.4 10.5 6.0 16.6 3.5 2.9
2003 Port Adelaide 9 23 16 13 296 130 426 90 69 0.7 0.6 12.9 5.7 18.5 3.9 3.0
2004 Port Adelaide 9 19 11 6 195 161 356 65 58 0.6 0.3 10.3 8.5 18.7 3.4 3.1
2005 Fremantle 2 22 12 7 269 175 444 81 86 0.5 0.3 12.2 8.0 20.2 3.7 3.9
2006 Fremantle 2 23 7 9 252 229 481 129 88 0.3 0.4 11.0 10.0 20.9 5.6 3.8
2007 Fremantle 2 20 14 6 248 171 419 102 79 0.7 0.3 12.4 8.6 21.0 5.1 4.0
2008 Fremantle 2 18 11 4 163 140 303 64 84 0.6 0.2 9.1 7.8 16.8 3.6 4.7
2009 Port Adelaide 2 12 4 1 70 102 172 37 45 0.3 0.1 5.8 8.5 14.3 3.1 3.8
2010 Port Adelaide 2 7 1 1 56 51 107 22 25 0.1 0.1 8.0 7.3 15.3 3.1 3.6
Career 207 109 70 2193 1492 3685 825 683 0.5 0.3 10.6 7.2 17.8 4.0 3.3

References

  1. ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (1 September 2008). "Power chasing Josh Carr, despite the denials". Herald Sun. Australia.
  2. ^ "Josh Carr to retire, but only after one more Showdown". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Reference at www.adelaidenow.com.au".
  4. ^ "Power Adds Three Assistants". 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Carr returns to Freo". 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Fremantle quarantine breaches". fremantlefc.com.au. AFL. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Josh Carr - Midfield Coach". Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Josh Carr's player profile at AFL Tables".