Jarrad McVeigh (born 7 April 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of former Essendon midfielder Mark McVeigh. He was co-captain of the Sydney Swans alongside Adam Goodes in 2011 and 2012 and Kieren Jack from 2013 to 2016.

McVeigh was born and raised on the Central Coast in New South Wales. He played his junior football with Pennant Hills AFC and the NSW/ACT Rams. In 2001 he was the joint winner of the McLean Medal for best player at the National AFL Under 16 Championships. He performed well at the AFL Draft camp, recording the highest score in the beep test and the fastest three-kilometre run time.^[1] He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the fifth selection in the 2002 AFL Draft, which was played by the Carlton Football Club salary cap breach which saw the Swans advance up the order by two picks; without the punishments Carlton copped, McVeigh would've been drafted by the Brisbane Lions instead.^[2] In a 2024 interview, Paul Roos revealed that he chose to draft McVeigh over other prospects purely because he was from New South Wales, with McVeigh's New South Wales origins meaning that unlike drafting interstate players, the Swans would not need to worry about him seeking to leave the club to join a club closer to home.^[3]

McVeigh is married to Clementine McVeigh. On 25 July 2011 they had their first child, Luella, who died barely a month later following serious heart complications.^[10][11]

In the first match since this tragedy, on 27 August 2011 the Swans caused one of the biggest upsets of the season knocking off Geelong on its home ground, where it had not lost in 1462 days. For Sydney, it was their first win at the venue for more than 12 years. Sydney and Geelong players wore black armbands in the match 'as a mark of respect for their absent co-captain Jarrad McVeigh and his wife Clementine'. The remarkable victory by the Swans was considered a tribute to McVeigh and his daughter.^[12]

Essendon's Mark McVeigh, the older brother of Jarrad who had a baby daughter himself earlier in the year, paid tribute to Luella by 'blowing a kiss to the heavens' following his team's dramatic seven-point win over Port Adelaide in the same round. Essendon's players also wore black armbands in their match in respect to Mark's niece.^[13]

It was confirmed in February 2012 that Jarrad and his wife Clementine were expecting another baby.^[11] The McVeighs' second child Lolita-Luella McVeigh was born on 8 July 2012.^[14] They had another daughter on 12 September 2017, Florence McVeigh.^[15]

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