Jim Stynes

Jim Stynes OAM
Stynes in 2008
Personal information
Full name	James Peter Stynes
Date of birth	(1966-04-23)23 April 1966
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	20 March 2012(2012-03-20) (aged 45)
Place of death	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Ballyboden St Enda's (club)/Dublin (underage, county team)
Height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987–1998	Melbourne	264 (130)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1990–1994	Victoria	10 (?)
International team honours
1987–88, 1998	Australia	5 (42pts)
1990	Ireland	3 (11pts)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1998.
Career highlights
Melbourne Night Premiership: (1987) 2× All-Australian team: (1991, 1993) Brownlow Medal: (1991) Leigh Matthews Trophy: (1991) 4× Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal: (1991, 1995, 1996, 1997) Most consecutive games in VFL/AFL history (244) Melbourne Team of the Century (Interchange) Australian Football Hall of Fame: 2003 Melbourne Hall of Fame Australian Sports Medal: 2000
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Peter Stynes^[1] OAM (23 April 1966 – 20 March 2012) was an Irish footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football and the first international player to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), he was one of the game's most prominent figures, breaking the record for most consecutive games of VFL/AFL football (244) and winning the sport's highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal, in 1991. Off the field, he was a notable AFL administrator, philanthropist, charity worker and writer.