Brett James (footballer)

Australian rules footballer (born 1972)

Australian rules footballer

Brett James

Personal information
Full name|  Brett James
Date of birth|  (1972-12-15) 15 December 1972 (age 51)
Original team(s)|  Norwood
Height|  176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight|  77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1994-1996|  Collingwood|  042 (26)
1997-2000|  Adelaide|  076 (26)
Total|  |  118 (52)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.

Career highlights

* 2× AFL Premiership player (1997, 1998)
* South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2015 inductee)

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brett James (born 15 December 1972) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

In 2015, James was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.[1]

## Early career

[edit]

James joined Norwood from Kersbrook from the Hills Football League in 1990. In the 1992 AFL Draft Brett James was selected by Collingwood at pick 31, and would be joined by Norwood teammate Scott Burns who was selected at pick 90.

## AFL career

[edit]

James joined Collingwood in 1994, a year after he was drafted. James would only play three seasons with Collingwood, often as a bench warmer and he was traded to Adelaide.

James was recruited by Adelaide to add depth to their list, often coming off the bench or playing back pocket. He played 17 games in his first season, including coming off the bench in the 1997 AFL Grand Final. After winning the grand final for Adelaide, James completed the unusual feat of winning two premierships in a week as he was also a part of the Norwood team that won the 1997 SANFL flag. James then developed into a valuable player for Adelaide as he was a part of the 1998 premiership. In 1999, James played every game but only played 14 games in 2000 and he was delisted.

## Playing statistics

[edit]

[2]
Legend

| Goals |

| Kicks |

| Disposals |

| Tackles

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

| Behinds |

| Handballs |

| Marks
Season  | Team  | No. | Games  | Totals  | Averages (per game)

|
|
|
|
|

G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T  | G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T
1994 | Collingwood | 8 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 43 | 57 | 100 | 19 | 24 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 1.4
1995 | Collingwood | 8 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 82 | 99 | 181 | 17 | 25 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 12.1 | 1.1 | 1.7
1996 | Collingwood | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 82 | 122 | 23 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 2.0
1997 | Adelaide | 11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 126 | 154 | 280 | 23 | 38 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 16.5 | 1.4 | 2.2
1998 | Adelaide | 11 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 191 | 228 | 419 | 55 | 42 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 18.2 | 2.4 | 1.8
1999 | Adelaide | 11 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 181 | 210 | 391 | 57 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 17.8 | 2.6 | 0.9
2000 | Adelaide | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 79 | 118 | 197 | 37 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 0.8
Career  | 118  | 52  | 38  | 742  | 948  | 1690  | 231  | 180  | 0.4  | 0.3  | 6.3  | 8.0  | 14.3  | 2.0  | 1.5

## Post-AFL

[edit]

James continued playing with Norwood in 2002 and played there until 2006. Brett played a total of 219 premiership games for Norwood from 1990-1993 and 1997-2006. James also kicked 58 goals, was captain from 2002 to 2006, and won the best and fairest three times. Nowadays he works on his Kersbrook farm with his brother Roger, who also won the premiership in 1997 with Norwood alongside Brett and also with Port Adelaide in 2004. James also is captain coach of Kersbrook in the Hills Football League.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Rucci, Michaelangelo (7 September 2015). "SANFL recognises five greats from SA football's era of massive change with Hall of Fame honour". News Corporation. The Advertiser. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
2. ^ Brett James' player profile at AFL Tables

## External links

[edit]

* Brett James's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* Brett James at AustralianFootball.com

* v
* t
* e

Adelaide Football Club 1997/98 AFL premiers

1997: Adelaide 19.11 (125) defeated St Kilda 13.16 (94), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1998: Adelaide 15.15 (105) defeated North Melbourne 8.22 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

* 3\. Jarman
* 5\. Koster
* 7\. Smart
* 9\. Edwards
* 10\. Robran
* 11\. James
* 13\. Ellen
* 14\. Connell
* 15\. Pittman
* 23\. McLeod
* 26\. Bickley (c)
* 28\. Johnson
* 34\. Hart
* 36\. Goodwin
* 44\. Caven
* 52\. Rehn

Coach: Blight

* v
* t
* e

South Australian team – 1998 State of Origin

* Bickley
* Burns
* Camporeale
* Daffy
* Eagleton
* Francou
* Goodwin
* Hart
* Holland
* James
* Jarman
* Lade
* O'Loughlin
* Pickett
* Pike
* Rehn
* Robran
* Rogers
* Smart
* Sziller
* Tredrea
* Wakelin
* Wanganeen
* Wellman

Coach: Ebert

* v
* t
* e

South Australian team – 1999 State of Origin

* Bradley
* Burgoyne
* Camporeale
* Clarke
* Daffy
* Darcy
* Edwards
* Francou
* Hart
* Holland
* James
* McKay
* McRae
* Mead
* Pickett
* Pittman
* Ricciuto
* Robran
* Rogers
* Smart
* Tredrea
* Viney
* Wakelin
* Wellman

Coach: Cornes

* v
* t
* e

1993 AFL pre-season draft

* 1\. Richard Osborne
* 2\. Brendan McCormack
* 3\. Paul Bryce
* 4\. Adrian Fletcher
* 5\. John Hutton
* 6\. Martin Heffernan
* 7\. Stuart Steele
* 8\. Greg Eppelstun
* 9\. Glenn Freeborn
* 10\. Mark Zanotti
* 11\. Darryl Wakelin
* 12\. Tim Watson
* 13\. Andrew Leoncelli
* 14\. Robert Walker
* 15\. Barry Mitchell
* 16\. Mark Arceri
* 17\. Anthony Darcy
* 18\. Mathew McMartin
* 19\. Brendon Retzlaff
* 20\. Ben Doolan
* 21\. Ryan Humphreys
* 22\. Craig McRae
* 23\. Chris Bond
* 24\. Paul Geister
* 25\. Ivan Bartul
* 26\. Adam Sheridan
* 27\. Josh Mail
* 28\. Lachlan Ross
* 29\. Damien Sheehan
* 30\. Mark Bunn
* 31\. Brett James
* 32\. Martin Heppell
* 33\. Brad Nicholson
* 34\. Shane Crothers
* 35\. Travis Edmonds
* 36\. Darren Mead
* 37\. Simon Verbeek
* 38\. Brendan Bower
* 39\. Mathew McKay
* 40\. Brett Rowe
* 41\. Nick Pesch
* 42\. Brad Fox
* 43\. Mathew Penny
* 44\. Austin McCrabb
* 45\. Kent Butcher
* 46\. Chris Hollow
* 47\. Craig Ellis
* 48\. Mark Ballan
* 49\. Brendon Green
* 50\. Julien Waite
* 51\. Simon Eishold
* 52\. Rodney McKay
* 53\. Paul Prymke
* 54\. James Saywell
* 55\. Simon Pedler
* 56\. Brendon Duncan
* 57\. Chris O'Dwyer
* 58\. Guy Rigoni
* 59\. Jason Williams
* 60\. Darren Bourke
* 61\. Daniel Fletcher
* 62\. John Klug
* 63\. Tim Livingstone
* 64\. Darren Tarczon
* 65\. Nick Mitchell
* 66\. Darren Bartsch
* 67\. Kevin Holmes
* 68\. Andrew Tranquilli
* 69\. Leigh Capsalis
* 70\. Shayne Breuer
* 71\. Julian Burton
* 72\. Adam Jones
* 73\. Simon Farrer
* 74\. Christian Davidson
* 75\. Terry Board
* 76\. Nick Hanson
* 77\. Damon Lukins
* 78\. Danny Craven
* 79\. Greg Wootton
* 80\. David Niemann
* 81\. Jason Mifsud

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[No.]: number
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template