Byron Pickett

Byron Pickett
Pickett playing for Melbourne in 2007
Personal information
Full name Byron Pickett
Nickname(s) Choppy
Date of birth (1977-08-11) 11 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Kellerberrin, Western Australia
Original team(s) Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1997–2002 North Melbourne 120 (81)
2003–2005 Port Adelaide 55 (80)
2006–2007 Melbourne 29 (16)
Total 204 (177)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1998–1999 South Australia 2 (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 1999.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Byron Pickett (born 11 August 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club, Port Adelaide Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was known as a big game player as well as for his strength, hard bumps and tough approach to the game. Pickett is one of 12 players with two premiership medallions, a Norm Smith Medal and over 200 AFL games. In 2005 Pickett was acknowledged as one of the finest Aboriginal players in the history of the game, with his selection to the Indigenous Team of the Century.[1] He announced his retirement from AFL at the end of the 2007 season.

After his retirement from the AFL in 2007 he continued playing semi-professionally, including some time with the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).