James Byrne (footballer)

James Byrne
Personal information
Full name	James Byrne
Date of birth	(1978-04-23) 23 April 1978
Place of birth	Wagga Wagga
Original team(s)	Glenelg
Draft	4th overall, 2000 Pre-season Draft
Height / weight	183 cm / 84 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000–2001	Adelaide	24 (4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Career highlights
South Fremantle best and fairest 2003 JJ Liston Trophy 2007

James Byrne (born 23 April 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 24 AFL games with the Adelaide Crows and after he was delisted he has played for several other clubs.^[1] He was captain of the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

In 2007 he led the Geelong Football Club VFL side to a grand final win over the Coburg Tigers winning 17.24.126 to 7.10.52. To cap a quality season he also was awarded the JJ Liston Trophy for the best and fairest in the VFL. Byrne retired at the end of the 2008 AFL season. He joined Essendon as a Development Coach at the beginning of the 2012 Season.

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 93. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.

External links

James Byrne's statistics from AFL Tables

1998 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Luke Williams 2. Stephen Jurica 3. Dean Rioli 4. Chris Bossong 5. Brad Dodd 6. Simon Fletcher 7. George Bakoulas 8. Barnaby French 10. Mark Brown 11. Conrad Chambers 12. Paul Lindsay 13. David Round 14. Lincoln Reynolds 15. Lachlan Brown 16. Ben Marsh

Second round	17. Jamie Cann 18. Glen Bowyer 19. Winis Imbi 20. Greg Tivendale 21. Paul Maher 22. Damian Lang 23. Mark Matthews 25. Anthony Sheehan 27. Brad McMahon 28. Chad Fletcher 29. Chris Hemley 30. Craig Folino 31. Shaun Tinsley 33. Tim Davis

Third round	34. Ben Beams 35. Robert Di Rosa 36. Ben Hollands 37. Cameron Jackson 38. Scott Freeborn 39. Tarkyn Lockyer 42. Jason McPherson 43. Laurie Bellotti 44. Shaun Baxter 45. Julian Kirzner 48. Sudjai Cook

Fourth round	49. Peter Walsh 51. Lachlan Oakley 53. John Neesham 54. Shane Flynn 55. Adam Collings 59. Heath Younie 61. Wade Kingsley 64. Steven Hall 65. Matthew Bishop

Fifth round	67. Mark Johnson 70. Cameron Blight 71. Frankie Dimmatina 74. James Byrne 75. Todd Nener

Sixth round	81. Daniel Ward 86. Clint Evans 87. Marcus Barham 89. Tate Day 90. Mark Livy 91. Trent Simpson

2000 AFL pre-season draft

1. Shane O'Bree 2. Brad Bootsma 3. James Cook 4. James Byrne 5. Fred Campbell 6. Barry Young 7. Ben Fixter 8. Wade Chapman 9. Andrew Wills 10. Simon Hawking 11. Steven Pitt 12. Andrew Crowell 13. Damian Monkhorst 14. Simon Godfrey 15. Sean Charles

J. J. Liston Trophy

1945: Beard
1946: Findlay
1947: Tomlins
1948: McIndoe
1949: Blackman
1950: Stubbs
1951: Hiscox
1952: F. Johnson
1953: Henrys
1954: Turner
1955: Moroney
1956: Martin
1957: K. Ross
1958: Woolnough
1959: Waters
1960: Brown
1961: Beasy
1962: Burns
1963: Clegg
1964: B. Jones
1965: Poore
1966: Poore
1967: Sullivan
1968: Telford
1969: Hill
1970: Cook
1971: Hill
1972: McKenzie
1973: Shaw
1974: Goold
1975: King
1976: Hibbert
1977: Thompson
1978: Durward/Nolan
1979: Aanensen
1980: Allender
1981: Aanensen
1982: Austen/Swan/Wenn
1983: Swan
1984: Geddes
1985: MacLeod
1986: West
1987: Round
1988: McTaggart/Sheldon
1989: Ghazi
1990: Burrows/Garbuio/Harkins/Nicol
1991: Eames
1992: Rugolo
1993: Sinni
1994: Young
1995: Satterley
1996: Dooley
1997: Crough
1998: Frost
1999: Georgiou
2000: Robbins
2001: Backwell/Poyas
2002: Mitchell
2003: Robbins
2004: Field
2005: Callinan/P. Johnson
2006: Edwards
2007: Byrne
2008: Podsiadly
2009: Sewell
2010: Clifton/Valenti
2011: Valenti
2012: B. Ross
2013: Clifton/Hallahan/Schroder
2014: Woodward
2015: Rippon
2016: Gibbons

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