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
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.

  1. ^ Barry, Derek (October 2022). "Stynes, James Peter ('Jim')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 21 September 2023.